The Monkey of the Inkpot: Chapter 77

Monkey of the Inkpot: Copper

From Borges: "...Then a person sits down to write, the monkey squats cross-legged nearby with one forepaw folded over the other, waiting until the task is over. Then it drinks what is left of the ink, and afterward sits back on its haunches, quiet and satisfied" This text appears to be quoted by Borges from Want Tai-Hai. At any rate, i thought it adorable. The text on here is the paragraph typed in the kickstarter video. It took three tries to get the etching the way I wanted it; lacy in some parts, a little more solid in others. I wanted a monkey made of words, words so jumbled by being drunk up that they were no longer truly legible.

Monkey of the Inkpot **Process**

This is the second try on the monkey of the inkpot. We'll see how it goes. I want him to consist only of words, but i don't want to do that much piercing. I'm trying to etch it. Last time, the resist didn't last long enough to etch the whole way through. This time I used primer, and scratched it off the bits between words.