The Ropewalk Open Studios 2022, "Migration"

 The Ropewalk Open Studios, "Migration"

Migration, etching

The Ropewalk Print Workshop recently took part in the annual North East Lincolnshire Open Studios weekend.

The printmakers exhibited on the theme of "migration".

I made an etching depicting human migration. It was inspired by an article in the National Geographic about people fleeing Myanmar and crossing the Moei River into Thailand.

I have travelled in this area and the topic resonated with me.

I worked on a piece of zinc using a soft ground. I then inked up the etched plate with sanguine Charbonnel printing ink to get the effect of heat in that region.

The print is on display in the Print Workshop.