DAS UNERNSTLICH SCHWEIGENDE AUGE

Work in Progress

DAS UNERNSTLICH SCHWEIGENDE AUGE
the title is a untranslatable wordplay in German: it refers to the artist Max Ernst,
and indirectly to his painting title
"The Eye of Silence".
In English, ernst means serious, so the title translated is:
"The Unserious Silent Eye"
thus, the intended pun is lost in translation.

This is a small drawing I am working on - the stage so far is from 2 days ago in my studio. I am going back later today to finish it - so maybe once finished, I just edit this post and add the finished piece.

Some details of the unfinished piece

Some "tricks" I used in this drawing: I press a kneadable eraser into structural material and dip it into a black background. A similar lift-off I also achieve dipping a crumpled packing tape into a dark background. I manipulate the image further with various erasers, including an electric eraser. Good to work with, but hard to find, are typewriter erasers.
Not used in this, but had done so before, are collages of rubbings, like in this drawing: WALDRAPP'S TOMB