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| Creative thoughts! |
Although there is little time left over from all
the theoretical research to do anything creative, I’ve managed to fit in a
little bit of printmaking. I’ve reflected on it in my creative journal but
thought it deserved a mention here, too, since it constitutes research of a
kind.
I had a go at linocutting earlier in the month and
really enjoyed it. I like the way you kind of have to “think backwards” and
work up from light to dark. My technique leaves a lot to be desired but I am going
to get some cheap linocutting gear and have a go at home. This experimenting
can be a form of action research.
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| Bricks & Brambles |
I also wanted to have another go at drypoint so I
treated myself to a half-day course at the West Yorkshire Print Workshop (WYPW).
Again, the quality of what I produced left a lot to be desired, but I could
immediately see how I could improve. The images show my reflection in my
creative journal and the third proof (referred to as (3) in the reflection).
I set myself the professional goal of learning
more about printmaking as part of this term’s objectives. Since the WYPW session
I’ve had another go at drypoint in college. I can think of ways I could develop
it – for example, printing the same image on top of each other in different
colours, to represent the kind of distortion of normality that seems to be ever
present in my life these days; obscuring part of the print – again a
distortion; trying chine collé of some kind; printing non-related images over
each other. I think these kind of ideas tie in with my generally “layered” approach
to producing artwork. I suspect I will end up carrying forward my “printmaking”
objective into the next module.
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