This week I went to a Public Art Workshop. I’ve
also printed the solar plates I did last week.
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| Solar sheep |
The sheep one didn’t work out as I’d
over-developed it, but the tree one worked OK. It took a bit of time to get the
right amount of ink and the right pressure on the press, but overall I was quite
pleased. I printed them both in green then did the tree one in black, which I
think worked better.
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| Solar Trees |
These prints ended
up in an impromptu crit in class on Friday while we were looking at the
posters, as I had left them overnight to dry and went up to the Print Room for
them first thing Friday. I was put on the spot! I’d already looked at them
myself and though, “what next”, but decided I didn’t need to answer that
question immediately. Perhaps overprinting, trying a chine collé, drawing into
them… other suggestions from classmates were exposing another plate with some
tissue or thin fabric to give texture/interest and putting a tiny image of
myself into them. I also need to consider subject matter, although I do like
this image of trees. Trees seem to be appearing in my work… oh well, I think I
can get away with experimenting for another week or so before I have to try to
come up with some coherent excuses for what I’m doing.
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