View Subterranea 4 (2014)Etchings & engravings
by Rebecca Coleman

This wood engraving continues a series of works based on my fascination with the Underground. In my artwork I love to explore the dynamics of light and dark. In this image the ceiling of this ‘cut and cover’ station is like a velvet black void, whilst the platform edge becomes a drifting white ribbon.

This view looks westwards from the end of the platform at St James’s Park station. I made my initial, rat-level sketches last summer, and I loved the way the words ‘mind the gap’ emerged from the floor, with the surrounding surface melting away in the heat.

Materials used:

Black ink

Details:

• Etchings & engravings on Paper
• From a limited edition of 250
• Size: 22 x 28 x 0.1cm (unframed) / 10 x 15cm (actual image size)
• Signed and numbered on the front
• Style: Graphic, illustrative and typographic
• Subject: Architecture and cityscapes

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