Ferric Monoprints

A monoprint is a singular print, one unrepeatable transfer from a fixed plate or form. While traditional printmaking can produce identical multiples, a monoprint produces a single unique print each time. The setup is repeatable; the outcome never is.

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Ferric monoprints borrow from steel's elemental properties: oxidation creates the medium, and iron oxide becomes the mark. The steel itself is not part of the finished surface. It is a process I developed that uses no ink and no brush - just chemistry, contact, and marks made at the edge of my control. In this inaugural series, the geometry is the flag's, but what it becomes is not.