Solar Plate Etching

Solar plates are special UV sensitive plates. Under the sun or UV lighting it transfers the image from the transparent paper to it's surface and it uses tap water to etch the image into the plate.

My first Solar plate was "eye of the beholder". Which consists of images torn from magazines and post cards. The figure was added later using waxy crayons.

My favourite print of it is this sepia toned print. Its moody and paper looks aged as if its from an old book.