‘MULTIVERSE’
B&W. 14cm X 19cm. aquatint. sugarlift. zinc plate.
Original concept devised from Australian banksia pods placed side by side and as observed in clusters in banksia trees while bushwalking.*
*‘Look at the clusters of banksia acorns in banksia trees (one is reminded of clusters of stars in the universe). Then look at the rows of many dark oval pods of a single banksia acorn and imagine a series of universes which ours is but one. Consider then the innumerable multiverses that exist in a single tree and then multiply the innumerable abundance of universes there must be in the broad sweep of a whole national park. How can one human mind comprehend such an eternity? When one thinks of what William Blake said that even in one flower you can view forever? +
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+From a passage in L.I.S.A (a novel manuscript by me).
MULTIVERSE was the last etching produced in 2013 in an ‘experimental year’ when not many ‘final prints’ eventuated. However, to view other previous etchings/images/musings etcetera please consider exploring the following:
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