The original piece of steel arrived at the studio for a metal grinding shot for a film house.(for those of a certain age a ‘film house’ made the colour separations for the plates to go on a conventional press.) Once you have a hundred pound plus, [46kg+] piece of metal it tends to be repurposed from time to time. The worked steel plate with scratch awl, acid, pencil and water.
I continue to investigate with smaller pieces of 'salted' copper and brass, sometimes making mixed media prints.
![worked steel plate with scratch awl, acid, pencil and water](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/877c14367c38fafc804653044c983d2c/502951bc-e785-4172-beb5-42dd08b6698a_rw_1200.jpg?h=a1d49d6272a92db613c30f3b312ff69e)
worked steel plate with scratch awl, acid, pencil and water
![worked steel plate with scratch awl, acid, pencil and water](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/877c14367c38fafc804653044c983d2c/235ab8a9-2aaf-4d27-a240-6ca2c32fc43c_rw_1200.jpg?h=8477613a31c4422b3649158e9ad146d0)
worked steel plate with scratch awl, acid, pencil and water
![worked steel plate with scratch awl, acid, pencil and water](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/877c14367c38fafc804653044c983d2c/292b35c5-633f-4648-93e4-cd909b3feab1_rw_1200.jpg?h=69a58819001fe4b67aa632e0393d8dac)
worked steel plate with scratch awl, acid, pencil and water
![worked steel plate with scratch awl, acid, pencil and water](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/877c14367c38fafc804653044c983d2c/786f5de6-a5ec-4827-9b46-91f6013db82f_rw_1200.jpg?h=a5370566cfbbff6d2a209e6eab6c3c6e)
worked steel plate with scratch awl, acid, pencil and water
![worked steel plate with scratch awl, acid, pencil and water](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/877c14367c38fafc804653044c983d2c/1b1ca839-2453-41bf-8dfc-a8835fd010a6_rw_1200.jpg?h=f46fab7b456ee9bad017022dddf81801)
worked steel plate with scratch awl, acid, pencil and water
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/877c14367c38fafc804653044c983d2c/8ebbc659-6656-45db-bcca-08c9463c367d_rw_1200.jpg?h=85ce7945c0c48c483f467a9ed1fced0c)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/877c14367c38fafc804653044c983d2c/8935d7b5-2604-4bad-9054-0aad7a3dd736_rw_1200.jpg?h=4569fa510ab82a7fe27ab09d2284cde7)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/877c14367c38fafc804653044c983d2c/76dcf329-90d0-41d8-ba78-6cc4ca2caaeb_rw_1200.jpg?h=50ac9155eaed89a837a51a132705a42b)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/877c14367c38fafc804653044c983d2c/a6244abb-3adf-40ab-8097-f79e2903ec9f_rw_1200.jpg?h=125607cbb61ef1d38521221296c2217b)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/877c14367c38fafc804653044c983d2c/3bddc4d7-ded9-42bd-883d-5709aac1ba5b_rw_1200.jpg?h=05a5f0f3d49ed11fbf5b97a2d4f85de4)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/877c14367c38fafc804653044c983d2c/5b54e5ea-25ea-4066-b49c-8afc505b3bfb_rw_1200.jpg?h=4402c3eb170516b5a9565fca51ec755b)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/877c14367c38fafc804653044c983d2c/0ffba553-ad7f-4531-a7ac-9347bd4cedf2_rw_1200.jpg?h=ae74d044e62d9029283ca95294615709)
![Salted Copper on a yellow field](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/877c14367c38fafc804653044c983d2c/19b066f5-164d-45bb-9fcb-51927fc5ba29_rw_1200.jpg?h=eb0e2436ba238e849d897fdca589e504)
Salted Copper on a yellow field
![Salted Copper Variation](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/877c14367c38fafc804653044c983d2c/257ded3a-e99d-4d90-b478-3bd2994c3356_rw_1200.jpg?h=a1de7be0896e23b2a78c5c0272350a0d)
Salted Copper Variation
![Salted Copper Variation](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/877c14367c38fafc804653044c983d2c/f024d91a-53d5-4f07-bf28-e41603952e2e_rw_1200.jpg?h=63311cd37039fd3be1fb7eb3f8981e14)
Salted Copper Variation
![Salted Copper Variation](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/877c14367c38fafc804653044c983d2c/f6dba411-5840-460c-8afb-1dd9e4fcda2c_rw_1200.jpg?h=2a29e5d57893bd84eeaefc33e047d3c2)
Salted Copper Variation
![BBQ Aluminium c/w Cutting board](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/877c14367c38fafc804653044c983d2c/5123df19-042f-4607-a86f-f13bd2393cbc_rw_600.jpg?h=4dbb35530f11b4ce9f40d24446b46ab3)
BBQ Aluminium c/w Cutting board
![Brass : The Document](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/877c14367c38fafc804653044c983d2c/175ac14f-b9a4-4870-8830-62b828396ff1_rw_600.jpg?h=1cdb0326d7e7ead653f2fa31756f9d4f)
Brass : The Document
![Design Machine](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/877c14367c38fafc804653044c983d2c/d4f34e84-cd2b-4933-8c37-3046ad608d9c_rw_600.jpg?h=9a773a47614a7d4a31993ebe4309e293)
Design Machine
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/877c14367c38fafc804653044c983d2c/3b7ea1e5-abaa-4de7-9f75-1f4eb7409091_rw_1200.jpg?h=110cc569a88a4f646a42452e517acf34)
![Copper Fugues #1](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/877c14367c38fafc804653044c983d2c/44f36461-56d2-47db-b02e-cff324206c78_rw_1200.jpg?h=da961de7cc524fa2eff092793773cc34)
Copper Fugues #1
![Copper Fugues #2](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/877c14367c38fafc804653044c983d2c/591eef9a-a8e5-4e9e-b019-0c2816cf79d5_rw_1200.jpg?h=4e358b0b12a3f53be357e2ced1e2000a)
Copper Fugues #2
![Copper Fugues #3](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/877c14367c38fafc804653044c983d2c/2174a276-8df7-4d46-8dbf-ce78f0fd04b7_rw_1200.jpg?h=437212eebc9fb98149c7b00df2382bb5)
Copper Fugues #3
![Copper Fugues #4](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/877c14367c38fafc804653044c983d2c/732d708b-a007-4307-8043-3cc0d0a4efcf_rw_1200.jpg?h=cf2cbbb9ddd1fdd5434fca506923d2da)
Copper Fugues #4
![Copper Fugues #5](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/877c14367c38fafc804653044c983d2c/70a07190-8b3c-4119-8515-34fb4c5767c0_rw_1200.jpg?h=bf704073ed775533b8def0f09c23aca1)
Copper Fugues #5
![Copper Fugues #6](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/877c14367c38fafc804653044c983d2c/481c5d93-f7c6-4c0d-b435-21299015f961_rw_1200.jpg?h=36d04c3bf2d1894bc9d5595781038745)
Copper Fugues #6
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/877c14367c38fafc804653044c983d2c/b423482a-a4e7-4c85-a6ed-489ba7df9e16_rw_1200.jpg?h=7161ef47a9f11a296e5e53bc9bd6e1c3)