4. The Ego

Fourth in my "Cycles of the Unconscious" series. It is an aquatint/drypoint etching. I used ferric chloride to etch the copper plate, using rosin, asphaltum, and spray paint to stop the acid. I inked it with waterbased intaglio inks. See my website www.reggiemace.com for more information and to see the entire series. In dream psycology/symbology a mirror in a dream always represents the ego. Here it replaces the sword of Damocles that hangs by a hair above his head.