Phoebe Lockwood

Phoebe Lockwood is a second year Bachelor of Fine Art student at National Art School majoring in printmaking. She had little to no experience with printmaking prior to uni but fell in love with the medium last year. She loves print's ability to reproduce and alter an image multiple times and the variety of printmaking processes. 

Lockwood is currently developing her printmaking skills and practice whilst studying. Lino and etching have become her favourite processes so far. Her approach to printmaking swings between illustrative and abstract. She has an interest in storytelling and enjoys developing her print concepts from researching historical narratives and folklores.

#27 | Concrete Mushrooms, 2021, copper plate etching on cotton rag paper, 26.5 x 32.5cm, $70.

Here's an example of a classic printmaker's mistake, forgetting to write backwards.

This etching shows a network of Albanian Cold War bunkers. Around 500,000 were built during the communist regime. They were never used for their intended purpose and remain as landmarks across the country. They interest me for their historical significance and how they represent both a physical and idealogical network. 

On a busy day in the studio I was rushing to finish off some experiments. I decided to print my etching with a rollover and use a rag to write some coordinates of the bunker’s locations.

When I ran the plate through the press I was annoyed by my rookie mistake. Being backwards and illegible the coordinates became useless. However I've come to like how this correlates with the bunkers own purposeless.