Reverse Scar

Reverse Scar (Fan)
2025
Etched and patinated brass
17 x 17 cm

A touch drawing in permanent marker on brass. In the acid, the marker acts as a resist. The drawing protects itself while the acid eats the metal left exposed, so the line is left standing above the surface.

A scar is usually where something was cut away. Here it is the reverse: the mark is what survived.