For this project I wanted to show Man's relation to technology, told through a series of portraits which were etched using copperplate etching.

For this project I wanted to show Man's relation to technology, told through a series of portraits which were etched using copperplate etching.

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I decided to compare people watching Wimbledon in a crowd to a more homely situation with a mate watching a dvd in my living room.

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3For this project I worked with collaborative partner Maker Junction, a local community education centre, hostel and cafe. I drew people using all different kinds of technology: kindles, smart phones, computers and ipads.Simon reading the news on his ipad

4Roy writing a text on his smartphone

5Punk playing kitchen kerplunk

6How to make an etching: the plate

7Smoking the plate

8Drawing into the ground/ transferring the image onto the plate

9Stopping out

10Etching the plate: immersing it in acid to bite the design onto the copperplate

11Inking up the plate

12Taking a print

13The first proof

14ThankyouYou have been listening to Zoe ClarkeFine Artist from Cornwall, UKhttp://zozo-letsmakeamess.blogspot.com/Email: zozoturner@yahoo.co.ukFacebook: Zoe Clarke15