Development of Drypoint

Using sections of photographs cut from a view finder and enlarged I have drawn into an aluminium dry point plate, overlapping elements of different images, enlarging them and layering them, to abstract them, with the intention of creating a confusion to the viewer when initially observed, forcing the viewer to search deeper in tot he image to untangle the layers and sections of the prints. 

Drypoint Plate 

I then ran a couple of prints through the press, however, there was a blankness and simplicity to the prints, and the initial layering and confusion that I had aspired for through the prints was lacking. I think that to achieve this, I should combine the same roughness and bold statement that the collograph creates intertwined with the delicate lines and details of the drypoint. I think that this could be achieved by preparing mono screen print backgrounds for the drypoint to be reprinted over the top.