Ross Woodrow

Work in Progress

Ongoing and current projects include a series of large etching plates (see below) on the theme of the persistence of Classicism under the working title of Rules for Ruins

Shaped copper plates on the work bench at QCAD print studio at South Bank in Brisbane, Australia. The solvent bottle top centre gives an indication of the scale of each which is around 85 x 90 cm.

The Orders (Doric, Ionic and Corinthian) - triptych, shaped copper plates, etching on Hahnemühle 300gsm sheets c. 80 cm x 100 cm. Also printed as individual plates in different colour combinations on Hahnemühle and 300gsm Dutch Aquatint paper.

Pillars of Time and Intervention etching and aquatint on shaped plates printed on Hahnemühle 300gsm sheets (dimensions variable c. 108 cm x 58 cm)

Model for a new globe (Hercules and Ajax fix the world) shaped copper-plate etching and aquatint (c120 cm high) on Hahnemühle 300gsm. [first state of this print]

My long standing interest in comparisons between human and non-human animals reached a culmination point in 2024 with this etching Kingdom which also happens to be the largest single copper plate to be printed on the large press at Queensland College of Art and Design in Brisbane, Australia.

The plate on the bed of the press is the first state of the print which was substantially developed for the final print that was editioned on the large press at Covine Art by Master Printmaker Dr David Jones.