"In the Raw" from Etching Class

Two more prints here from Etching class. First Portfolio second Project. I assigned the theme of "in the raw" and here are two examples of food variations. First is Angela Hetherwick's "Raw" (above) a sharp contrasting use of aquatint etching to document her recent trip to a local Toledo Sushi establishment. Angela photographed the entire dining process to integrate them in her various changes/ states of this plate. This has a Wayne Thiebaud feel in the pop sense of arranged food-- the fuzzy rice looks incredibly edible. Below is Julie Cikra's "Dead and Dying" another variation on food-- here is state one from an on going series she is working on to track the progress of rotting fruit through multiple states. Great value structure through succesfully stage biting in aquatint. Click on the image to see up close the combination of textural line and value.