Cliche Verre

Fredrick Marsh, Homage to Frederick Summer, 2000

Cliche Verre is a technique that artist Max Ernst used where he etched an image on something such as glass or film, and then printed the image on light sensitive paper. I really like the cliche verre pictured above that I discovered on the internet. I like how abstract the image is. Apparently the image is made from salt, sugar, charcoal, and ink, but you could never tell just from looking at the image. All of these different elements combined together make for a very interesting final product that really catches the eye.