Yes, the title may be a bit “cheesy” but this print initially began as parts of another print. I was so fascinated by the depth and richness of this mechanical solar system from the British Museum’s collection that I had to use it again

The sky, to the right of the print, was re- exposed from a film used in the print, “Strength From Within” and the ocean surface, to the left, is original to this print and was photographed from the wave-break at Sandy Beach, a famous South Shore Oahu bodysurfing beach.

To the right you can see me inking and hand wiping the first of 2 photo-etching plates. Below are photos of the two primary plates being printed in succession at Artichoke Printworkshop in London.

Piere Camper, Variouse Measurements from Disertation Physique, P1. 1.
Engraving

These images rarely work as well when printed without some kind of visual support so after choosing the diagram I’m going to work with I often have to draw a tonal image in lithography (printed here on newsprint during the proofing stage). In this case the drawing bellow was intended to be printed in a “whited” blue ink so that it would function as a negative image when printed over the dark blue background of the photo-etching.