COPPER ETCHINGS | MONOPRINTS
2017 series
COPPER ETCHING | MONOPRINTS 2017
2017 handprinted limited edition Prints
Limited edition Prints - two-tone etchings, etchings with plate tone and prints enriched with hand colouration.
Bettina Newbery’s mono-prints capture a single, unrepeatable instant of pressure and release. Each image is pulled from an inked plate in one decisive pass; what remains is fragile, atmospheric, and charged with the memory of touch.
Predominantly female visages emerge from velvety grounds of indigo, charcoal and muted sanguine. As the ink is laid only once, edges dissolve, features soften, yet the eyes retain a piercing clarity, as though the sitter’s gaze has outlasted the fading of her surroundings. Negative space is as eloquent as the figure: broad fields of bare paper breathe around the heads, underscoring their quiet isolation and giving the series an almost haiku-like economy.
Each mono-print waits like a held breath, ready to meet the viewer.


