ReVOX / masked is a traditional copper plate etching, offered alongside ReVOX / silvered, a metallic C type edition.
About ReVOX / masked
ReVOX / masked was the first piece I made in direct response to the ongoing discussions I have about the nature of the digital vs the haptic. To some extent, it’s a fairly redundant debate, as the digital continues to sweep all in front of it, for all the most obvious of reasons.
That said, the art world loves to bask in the idea of the handcrafted, so I continue to feel that it’s an area that’s worthy of exploration. To my mind, the digital, ultimately, is simply a kind of hyper real contemporary toolset that naturally sequences on from previous technologies, so there is some real interest in creating hybrid pieces that speak to both the pre and post digital eras.
ReVOX / masked is an etching, made with a single copper plate, pulled on a traditional Victorian press by my friend Ros Ford at BV Studios. The subject of the work is a digital alpha mask from my earlier ReVOX study, the kind of mask I would use to adjust a colour on a specific part of an image, so it seemed entirely apt to use this image to create the inked areas on press.
In this case, an ultra deep navy blue ink, almost black really, until you see it next to an untinted black, and contrast the difference.
From here, I’ve been continuing to explore the interface between digital and hand making, but it is critical to understand that there is no ‘virtual cloud’, the digital is in reality fully material.
Digital making is very real; it requires technology, but also handcraft, decision making, physical materials, pens, tablets, drawing, shaping and colouring. It exists on spinning discs and chip media. It has materiality from the very first mark to the final printed work.
So the interface between the virtual and real is in fact a far more complex series of material exchanges used to create and define new ways of working, which will in themselves seem antiquated in due course, no doubt.
ReVOX in situ
Price and dimensions
ReVOX / masked is a traditional copper plate etching with aquatint on Somerset 300gsm, 100% cotton, handmade paper.
The work can be supplied unframed, or framed and ready to hang. I tend to use fairly minimal glazed and painted tulipwood frames, and would set the work straight into the frame, without a window mount. If you’d like to discuss other framing choices to suit your space please do get in touch.
Individually signed and numbered
From an edition of 12 prints, plus 2 APs
Sheet size ⋅ 44cm H x 32cm W approx
Artwork only, ready to frame ⋅ £360
Mounted and fitted with a hand painted tulipwood frame ⋅ £520
Associated works
