VCA ART 2021

Cat Lawrance

Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours)

Practising on unceded Wurundjeri land, I am a printmaker who hates printmaking. The medium’s fallibilities are ingrained in its processes and can be seen within prints. In lieu of a remedy, I playfully explore the presumed and self-imposed limitations of printmaking, seeking to adjust the way we view these constraints. Despite printmaking being recognised for creating the illusion of repetition, and rather than disguising the inherent variations between each print, I introduce elements to embellish these differences. Why diverge from tradition?

Cat Lawrance, Rendezvous? (Intervals One through Seven), Engraving, drypoint, dremel, aquatint, chine-collé on copper plate, printed on Somerset, pen and ink 1215 cm x 180 cm, 2021. Documentation by ALEC.
Cat Lawrance, Rendezvous? (Intervals One through Seven), Engraving, drypoint, dremel, aquatint, chine-collé on copper plate, printed on Somerset, pen and ink 1215 x 180 cm, 2021. Documentation by ALEC.
Cat Lawrance, Rendezvous? (Intervals One and Two), Engraving, drypoint, on copper plate, printed on Somerset, pen and ink 1.8m x 3.6m, 2021.
Cat Lawrance, Rendezvous? (Intervals Three and Four), Engraving, drypoint, chin-colllé, aquatint, on copper plate, printed on Somerset, pen and ink 1.8m x 3.6m, 2021.
Cat Lawrance, Rendezvous? (Intervals Five and Six), Engraving, drypoint, dremel, on copper plate, printed on Somerset, pen and ink 1.8m x 3.6m, 2021.
Cat Lawrance, Rendezvous? (Interval Seven), Engraving, drypoint, dremel, aquatint, on copper plate, printed on Somerset 1.8m x 1.35m, 2021.
Cat Lawrance, Detail of Rendezvous? (Interval Seven), Engraving, drypoint, dremel, aquatint, on copper plate, printed on Somerset, 2021.
Cat Lawrance, Detail of Rendezvous? (Interval Seven), Engraving, drypoint, dremel, aquatint, on copper plate, printed on Somerset, 2021.

We acknowledge and pay respect to the Traditional Owners of the lands upon which our campus is situated, the Boonwurrung and Woiwurrung people of the Kulin Nations, who have created art, made music and told their stories here for thousands of generations. We also acknowledge and extend our respect to the Traditional Owners of all lands on which our work is viewed, shared and enjoyed, and to all Elders, past, present and emerging.

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