Channel was one of a batch of around 20 plates that I made at 15 cm x 15 cm. The printing plate was made from Birch plywood, and used various acrylic gels smeared around the surface to make interesting shapes and patterns. The lighter diagonal area was achieved by painting two or three layers of varnish over the dried plate. When the plate was completed, I thought it needed something dramatic to break up the shapes, so I dragged a screwdriver through the still wet gel layer to produce the channel by which the print was named. Only around two or three prints were made from this plate. Of those, this is my personal favourite, which used blacks, greys and the highlight of some gold ink in the channel.
