David Mann – Waterford Mill (etching)

Description

I like to find and capture scenes which evoke a mood or a strong sense of place or of time. I try to include evidence of different human experiences, feelings and values.

Some photographs are developed as archival digital prints. My etchings begin as one or more photographs that I combine, manipulate, and abstract so that they become less specific and bit more symbolic.

My Metaphors series, as the name implies, focuses on legends, myths, and stories that people have used to describe abstract ideas in more familiar ways. Most have two or more layers. A subject layer and a background context are etched into metal plates (one for each color) and hand printed in intaglio fashion.