Breaking Barriers 2

Part of the Layers of Vision exhibition and commission from Shape Arts and Kings College London. An A3 etching on zinc, a close-up portrait of a visually impaired female, with quotes from other blind and partially sighted people layered over the top. 

The portrait and letters etched black are rough to touch and the un-etched areas are smooth, cold and shiny offering visual and tactile contrast. I felt it was important to have a smaller version of ‘Breaking Barriers’ on a material that offered high visual and tactile contrast and enabled visitors to get up close and touch the entire piece. The piece is intentionally distressed echoing the visual distortion of my sight loss at the time.