ETCHINGS
Etching is an intaglio printmaking process in which lines or areas are incised using acid into a metal plate, and then printed using an etching press to transfer the image to the paper. Read more on The Met website. Here is a series of etchings made on copper plates and printed with chine colle (the addition of coloured paper), roll up (the addition of coloured ink).
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'Yes In My Back Yard – developers welcome!' and 'Not In My Back Yard, no development!' are part of a series of prints exploring suburban housing in the inner north of Melbourne. The Yes work includes eight prints, and the No work includes nine prints, created from four soft ground copper etchings, printed in panels and collaged together to show older Melbourne suburbs ripe for development.
Yes In My Back Yard, developers welcome! Unique state 2026.
Not In My Back Yard, no development! Unique state 2026.
Yes In My Back Yard (or YIMBY) is the opposite of Not In My Back Yard (or NIMBY) where residents fight back against the rising tide of development seen as LULU (Locally Unwelcome Land Use). These works examine the tensions inherent in modern urban development. As demographic changes and growing populations drive a relentless demand for more housing, town planning strategies struggle to deliver environmentally sustainable and socially equitable solutions so future generations can have a better quality of life. By limiting urban sprawl and concentrating growth within established neighbourhoods, planners trigger conflict with local residents against development they see as unfair, undesirable and unequal, development that threatens the heritage and historic identity of their area. These works use prints of four distinct housing styles, capturing their presence and preservation as long-established suburbs gentrify around them. By harmonising cerulean blue and red ochre, the pieces seek to evokes a nuanced familiarity with Australia’s urban character, typical of the inner city and woven into our cultural memory.
