Sometimes weight hangs like a boulder, other times it hangs like a dress (Triptych)

Beginning with a study of himself, 3D scanned in an inflatable dinosaur suit in an ironic nod to equestrian statues, the image is redrawn across three brass plates using a 3D printer, built by Rogers himself. If the machine were to be left alone, the plates would be identical but through a combination of mechanical glitches and hand rendered mark making, the images transform upon each repetition. Each of these plates can also be purchased individually here.

As well as being the first etchings with two colours Rogers has ever made, this is also the first time that the artist has used a brass plate, another reference to the sitters on top of the statues who are usually decorated in brass medals and trophies. The plates are loaded onto the bed of the machine, each covered in a thin black layer of wax, and the machine loaded with the steel etching needle. As the machine begins to hum, drawing across the plate and removing the thin wax ground along with it, certain interactions begin to occur. You can read the full story of these works in the artist’s own words here.