Artwork description:

This print portrays a person who fell victim to 13th Amendment. The 13th Amendment, ratified in 1865 after the Civil War and the subsequent abolition of slavery, says: “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction”, therefore creating a system of 'slavery' by other means.

The print is a drypoint etching created as a chine colle, whereby the etching is printed on top of a thin piece of colour tissue or paper, before becoming fixed to the surface of the fabriano paper.

This image forms part of my ongoing series of works exploring lost generations.

Materials used:

Drypoint etching, colour paper, fabriano.

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