Insect Project

I captured and recorded the marks made by insects’ feet as they moved across a soot-covered plate. In the final photogravures, seen here, each black line corresponds to a single insect footprint.


Insect Project # 5 by Kate Copeland. Photogravure on
handmade linen paper. 8 x 10". 2005. (c) Kate Copeland.




Insect Project # 5 (detail) by Kate Copeland. Photogravure on
handmade linen paper. 8 x 10". 2005. (c) Kate Copeland.




Insect Project # 14 by Kate Copeland. Photogravure on
handmade linen paper. 8 x 10". 2005. (c) Kate Copeland.




Insect Project # 14 (detail) by Kate Copeland. Photogravure on
handmade linen paper. 8 x 10". 2005. (c) Kate Copeland.




Insect Project # 7 by Kate Copeland. Photogravure on
handmade linen paper. 8 x 10". 2005. (c) Kate Copeland.




Insect Project # 7 (detail) by Kate Copeland. Photogravure on
handmade linen paper. 8 x 10". 2005. (c) Kate Copeland.