A Discovery

What happens when you find textured surfaces from dollar store items (a fly swat, garden flamingo or plastic lace) and lay some of these objects (one at a time) under a sheet of soft Stonehenge paper and then rub - frottage the textures (with a graphite stick)? Odd-looking, old-looking and partially cropped images emerge. Like patterns in an old tree, unintentional images appear, and now the fun begins. Controlling the placement of the textured surfaces, layering the textured surfaces and working on a grand scale (a five by seven foot sheet of paper), I form what I call a Paper Petroglyph.

Here's an image that I created based on silhouettes of my family.