Tom Blake
chair (bo bardi) II, 2022
hand-etched de-silvered mirror, light box, artist-made aluminium frame
40 x 30 cm
Tom Blake's hand-etched de-silvered mirrors draw on themes of opacity, repetition and disintegration. By scoring the back of each mirror panel with etching tools, the three layers that make up...
Tom Blake's hand-etched de-silvered mirrors draw on themes of opacity, repetition and disintegration. By scoring the back of each mirror panel with etching tools, the three layers that make up the reflection (paint, copper, silver) are removed — revealing drawings made from fragments of light.