My etching this term is part of a larger multimedia project that I started last year and has to do with my interest in documenting shifting identity due to aging and, in my recent experience, retirement.
The sand dollar is a common souvenir of the beach. It is generally the test or skeleton made of calcium carbonate (or whiting) that is left to become bleached by the sun and picked up by visitors to recall their time at that particular location. It seemed like a good metaphor for this project.
This particular print is called Bones About It as opposed to “no bones about it” which is a declaration of certainty.
This was my initial drawing:
I decided to change the format for my print. This was the initial print after etching the line for 30 minutes.
After 3 rounds of aquatint at 2 1/2 minutes , 2 1/2 minutes and 10 minutes.
