I've been working on a now demolished view of a site in Digbeth bordered by High St, Bradford St and Rea St which l assume was some form of industry/manufacture. It lies behind the Irish Centre and faces the Custard Factory l assume it will be replaced by mixed used housing and retail.
In some ways it strikes me as a pity that the chimney couldn't have been retained and incorporated into the redevelopment so as to give some reminder of it's past heritage and sense of place and relation to the area. Fortunately, l was able to view this area whilst it still had wire mesh fencing around it - next day this was replaced by solid metal sheet which eliminated any view.

This is an image of my original drawing showing the additions of paper as the design came together. It measure 75 x 35 cm. The hope is for the eventual print taken from the plate which l will create to resemble this image.


The result of photocopying the above left me with an image that l could work out tonal values more fully and being a horizontal flip of the original drawing is the working basis for the creation of the plate.