The deep black of the sky in this two-part print is punctuated by a complex pattern of innumerable white stars. 'Starfield' was made using mezzotint, a technique which allows the artist to achieve a range of tonal variations. The print was created by laying two copperplates close together, with only the space of a barely-visible line between them. This white line draws attention to both the creative process and the two-dimensional nature of the image. It also recalls a centre-page margin from a book or scientific journal. The slim border surrounding the image further emphasises its flatness, as Celmins explains: "At the edges one breaks the illusion of continuous space and sees the making process and that the work is really a fiction".