Creating a new shellac plate with tiny marks, rather like the traditional way of transferring an embroidery design with chalk. It's a SLOW process but I enjoy the repetition & the rhythm of push, move a little, push, move a little.... On completion I found that I'd actually pushed a little too hard & managed to pierce the plate completely, leaving lovely unintentional marks on the paper below,
which got me thinking about accidental or unintentional marks, a theme for the future I think.
I'm not completely happy with the way the plate printed, I really need to run it through a press but I do like the way the ink has pooled in certain places & the piercings now resemble unpicked stitches which is what I'd hoped -
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