Otter Waters. Denis Brown, 2002. Scroll down for descriptive notes

5 sheets of glass over a watercolour paper background supporting an archival inkjet mono-print. 42 x 30 cm. Features the poem "Liadain to Cuirithir" by Catherine Byron.

One new thing with works since 2002 is that the backgrounds behind the glass are archival ink-jet mono-prints on specially coated watercolour paper. This allows me to scan the glass engraving separately and include some of it, manipulated in Photoshop, as a further dimension of the layering process. Thus the works can have a richer texture, comprising:

• the real engraved lettering,
• the shadows of this, which vary depending on lighting conditions,
• and now also the printed image of engraving.

These 3 dimensions merge in the finished works. The backgrounds can also feature computer image manipulation of my own hand-drawn artwork- eg, the "whirlpool" at the base of this work was hand drawn as a traditional celtic spiral group, then warped into a new modern spiral using a twirl filter in photoshop.

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