Rebecca Gouldson

REBECCA GOULDSON

Makes metal wall pieces for private, corporate and public clients, on a variety of scales, from the domestic to the architectural.

Images are captured in metal using acid etching and chemical patination, creating contrasting eroded and polished surfaces.

More abstract wall pieces pieces are etched with images of enlarged mono-prints, revealing energetic mark making, or the patterns of ink as it’s dragged across a glass surface by a roller.

The textures and pattern of the built environment form a basis to site responsive work, often with geometric and organic motifs working in contrast to each other. Rebecca searches for details of human interaction with this environment, which provide a key to imagining the history of a site. Worn and distressed architectural surfaces provide inspiration for the etchings, but also for the layered approach to processes.

More recently, her practice is influenced by the beauty of historic industrial architecture, machinery and tools. Often perceived as printing plates, the wall pieces hold an energetic beauty, which is linked to their sense of potential to function as tools with the ability to create multiple prints.

Exhibition of her work now on at Denman College Abingdon Oxfordshire