Austin Thomas

Austin Thomas

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Air Over Range
2019
Monoprint with Akua intaglio ink on proofing paper
37h x 18w in

I use an etching press and ink up craft foam circles, triangles I cut from Plexiglas, and steel templates borrowed from a metalwork shop as plates to make my prints. I am employing a process where I place a collage of inked shapes and templates onto the press bed and then sandwich the paper on top of the plates. Sometimes I lay the paper or many papers down first, arranging the shapes in compositions on top. I am ghosting printing, printing without re-inking a plate, pulling several images, organizing, and rearranging paper and plates.