“Crab Nebula” is a copper plate etching that transformed itself with the addition of dry point, engraving, and then embellishment with two different roulettes, one a wheel, and one an aquatint rocker. Cut-outs of ECG Echizen Color Gampi paper were added with the chine collé process to add excitement and depth.
The image was inspired by photographs from NASA’s amazing James Webb Telescope. I am intrigued by questions of the origins of life. Did it arrive from space on a meteor? That the Crab Nebula looks much like cell division during the development of the human embryo is fascinating.
The cine colle is fab! It draws you in with the color, and then you are rewarded with the exquisite line work.
Your crab nebula print pulsates with energy. The layering of chine colle is super!
Vicki from the PDiM team