Description
This image uses a resist technique involving oil pastel, which I apply to the print paper before introducing on to the gel plate. Because the oil pastel is oil based the paint in between the oil pastel and the gel plate resists the absorption into the paper, and remains on the plate. Using this resist technique often produces two related, but separate images. in this case i used a technique where by I purposefully split the monoprint into two images, leaving a partial image on the gel plate, and printing the remainder partial image onto the print paper. I then went back into the residual image left on the gel plate, and re-established the properties of the portrait. This is what leads to the very tactile and 3D effect on a very flat surface, as you can see the contrast of the first portrait, and then the second re-establishing portrait. This tactile 3D effect is what gives rise to the title of the piece too.
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