Brutalism 2022
2022
A series of engraved printings depicting brutalist buildings in Israel utilize the texture of burnt aquatint on zinc plate to illustrate the concrete texture. The images were created based on existing photographs, which I digitally transformed into lines and vectors. These were then cut using a vinyl cutter onto zinc boards covered with aquatint. Sections of the vinyl sticker were selectively removed from the boards between burns, resulting in a gradual darkening effect based on the vector shapes.
This experiment of combining digital vector illustrations and etching was a discovery for me about the connection between digital and analog media.
Bezalel Academy, Guided by Dana Gez