My etchings portray figures of my family members which are depicted, within an emotionally charged domestic environment, similar to a memory which at times appears with vivid clarity, and other times, in less detail. I interact with the past and the present, as a result my work features timeless portraits of children that pose questions and at the same time create an alternating dialogue.
The step-by-step technique I used is called drypoint. During the drawing I enriched the drawing by scratching the surface with a sandpaper so that a gray surface was created when printing.
During this time I was attracted to lace, fabrics, sneakers, impressed by the texture and pattern that follows. The need for experimentation made me continue painting my engravings with watercolors. Τhe completed engraving is reminiscent of a painting rather than an engraving.
Along the way I learned about the technique of chine-collé. In chine-collé I used thin papers of different color or texture which adhered to the whole piece. Sometimes I feel that through my colorful papers I somehow paint, that I create a cubist collage where sometimes it follows space and other times forms, clothes, objects. I am fascinated by the overlapping color cards that create new shades and shapes. Having the same replicas of a matrix, with the chine-collé technique, each one becomes a separate work, with its own identity.
The prints of my engravings were not limited to paper. From time to time I typed my engravings on fabric and then painted them with watercolors or embroidered on them.