Big Ben with Little People
Limited Edition, 75 Prints
Print Printmaking, Etching on paper
10 H x 10 W cm
Tom Flint’s "Big Ben with little people" is a small, exploratory etching featuring the iconic clock tower and Westminster Hall, derived from his larger work, "Parliament Square panoramic." This piece was an opportunity to engage with a new photographic printing method, utilising a photopolymer plate onto which a previous drawing was developed. Flint then worked further into this plate with pen, ink, and scratching back techniques. He finds it a fun exercise to give birth to a new visual experience from a similar scene, something slowly enhanced that becomes new, born out of the familiar – an old method made new, in a sense. While not comparing his work to Andy Warhol, Flint draws a parallel in the process of reinterpretation, where an image, through repetition and subtle alteration, can yield different interpretations and a renewed power. For Flint, the intrigue lies in the black-and-white medium, focusing on the subtlety of mark-making and the translucency of dark tones washing over each other, creating moments of solidity that then evaporate into nothingness, all within this intimate depiction of a London landmark.
Limited Edition, 75 Prints
Print Printmaking, Etching on paper
10 H x 10 W cm
Tom Flint’s "Big Ben with little people" is a small, exploratory etching featuring the iconic clock tower and Westminster Hall, derived from his larger work, "Parliament Square panoramic." This piece was an opportunity to engage with a new photographic printing method, utilising a photopolymer plate onto which a previous drawing was developed. Flint then worked further into this plate with pen, ink, and scratching back techniques. He finds it a fun exercise to give birth to a new visual experience from a similar scene, something slowly enhanced that becomes new, born out of the familiar – an old method made new, in a sense. While not comparing his work to Andy Warhol, Flint draws a parallel in the process of reinterpretation, where an image, through repetition and subtle alteration, can yield different interpretations and a renewed power. For Flint, the intrigue lies in the black-and-white medium, focusing on the subtlety of mark-making and the translucency of dark tones washing over each other, creating moments of solidity that then evaporate into nothingness, all within this intimate depiction of a London landmark.
Limited Edition, 75 Prints
Print Printmaking, Etching on paper
10 H x 10 W cm
Tom Flint’s "Big Ben with little people" is a small, exploratory etching featuring the iconic clock tower and Westminster Hall, derived from his larger work, "Parliament Square panoramic." This piece was an opportunity to engage with a new photographic printing method, utilising a photopolymer plate onto which a previous drawing was developed. Flint then worked further into this plate with pen, ink, and scratching back techniques. He finds it a fun exercise to give birth to a new visual experience from a similar scene, something slowly enhanced that becomes new, born out of the familiar – an old method made new, in a sense. While not comparing his work to Andy Warhol, Flint draws a parallel in the process of reinterpretation, where an image, through repetition and subtle alteration, can yield different interpretations and a renewed power. For Flint, the intrigue lies in the black-and-white medium, focusing on the subtlety of mark-making and the translucency of dark tones washing over each other, creating moments of solidity that then evaporate into nothingness, all within this intimate depiction of a London landmark.