Element: Fire
Ruling Planet: Mars
What are foundations for our ambitions? Of what and how are they built?
What are the structures we operate within and rely on?
A small edition of copper etchings, made right in my garage. Focus was paid to choice of product and material in the creation of the etchings. Traditionally, acid is used to etch copper. Petroleum based resists called “ground” are used to create the design and resist the effects of the acid. I chose to use a process called electro-etching (which uses electricity and salt water) with nail polish instead of typical ground.
I know, while these processes aren’t free from any attachment to “guilt” from an environmentalist standpoint, this brings about an interesting investigation into our personal responsibility and the choices we are faced with living in the cultural and economic systems that we do. The status quo is that nothing is entirely eco-friendly - we usually find ourselves making decisions between two “evils”. The structures are in need of examination and rebuilding.