It has been suggested that Marcel Duchamp believed that the hands were not necessary for an a artist's technique, that the "eye and the brain could manage without them." Collins, et al, Technique of Modern Art, p. 8 (1983). I only partly agree. In my work it has been a pleasure to allow the hand, the eye, the conscious and the subconscious mind to join in the making of images, particularly in printmaking; to allow for instinct, impulse and the feel of the tool, for the appreciated accident, and the need to select and simplify.

Design © 2005 Markus Arike