'not flying but falling' etching

DESCRIPTION

The title of an artwork is most of the time a bit tricky. For me it’s usually something that has to be dealt with at the end.
This print and his brother, the one titled ‘not falling but flying’, are exceptions.
When the idea was just in my sketchbook the title appeared on the page. It was a variation of the title of the poem “not waving but drowning”. I discovered that I could go two ways with the wording: one hopeful and one despairing. In the end they work well as a pair.
This print is a small two plate etching on thick Somerset acid free paper titled ‘not flying but falling’.

DETAILS

• titled: not flying but falling

• a two plate colour-etching from copper plates.

• the image is 15 x 10 cm.

• the paper size is 23,5 x 18,5 cm.

• this print is number 5 in an edition of 80.

• printed on Somerset acid free paper.