Prints from week 14/12/10

Here are some experiments of imagery for my final print made book, I have explored some type possibly for the cover and also composition and some content of what could be happening in the etchings.

The above image will be the final page in the book

This etching of peacock feathers flying all across the page is for the scene where the jay gets his stoled plumes plucked, i want to really fill the page with decorative feathers.

How many Prints did you make this week?

About 15 etchings

__ How many of these taught you something new?

About half, i figured out that when the paper is too wet the ink creates a very pale, washed out effect as the ink does not bite into the texture of the paper properly. This happened quite a few times before i realised it was due to wet paper!

__ How many hours did you spend in the Printmaking Workshop?

12

Assess yourself using these bandings.

0-29	no show - did not try
30-39	failed to understand
40-49	minimal application, 40 is a pass
50-59	satisfactory
60-69	really good
70-79	great
80-100	Excellent - perfect

Assess yourself for this week for

__ Competence in practical printmaking techniques

60-69

__ Thoughtful and imaginative use of printmaking

60-69

__ Visual Sensibility; understanding and expressing ideas in images

70-79

__ Using research to expand knowledge, enrich thinking and affect your work

50-59

__ Active participation in taught sessions

70-79

Feathersssss

I'm using lots of blues, indigo's, greens and golds to show the beauty of a peacocks plumes. As the tale's moral is about not only appearances making fine people, but what is in our hearts. This calls for lots of goldleaf ( the cheap version, obviously).

Print research- peacocks

Edward Bawden

 Artist Edward Bawden [1903-89] has been described as 'an outbreak of talent.' He created wonderful prints and this is perhaps my favourite. His use of shape, colour and scale really appeals to me. I love the way he has done the peacocks tail, like a spectacular fan.

I found these images (below), which although are not created through a print process very inspiring. It is in fact oil on canvas. I stumbled upon it on a website which has many nature based paintings so I thought I'd include it.

The source of the image was insideafricanart.com, which is a website and project run by three people, Todd and Liz Schaffer and Liz's sister, Sarah. The aim of the project is to purely promote contemporary African artists. I think this is a very compassionate project, to help those who are more in need in a third world country so thought i'd include this, also the artists really do produce some lovely paintings giving us a look into their culture and lifestyle, a true taste of African wildlife. Also, bearing in mind that all of Aesop' fables are based in the animal kingdom and have a moral to them I thought this quite appropriate.

( annoyingly I could not rotate these bottom images! But felt I should include them anyway....)

lovely stuff

Prints from week 30/11/10

__ How many Prints did you make this week? 15 monoprints onto various papers such as old envelopes, graph paper, mg paper, cartridge, coloured papers etc

__ How many of these taught you something new? The majority of them , as I wasn't aware that the ink on the surface you print from needs to be rollered until it's a layer literally thinner than paper! So I was rolling the ink out in all kinds of thick slabs and the effect was pretty messy! I also made a couple of simple 6 page folded books with the intent on monoprinting straight onto them but I kept messing up the page order and printing onto the wrong side etc. Eventually i managed to get one almost completed one which I intend to finish next week!

__ How many hours did you spend in the Printmaking Workshop? 6 

Assess yourself using these bandings.

0-29	no show - did not try
30-39	failed to understand
40-49	minimal application, 40 is a pass
50-59	satisfactory
60-69	really good
70-79	great
80-100	Excellent - perfect

Assess yourself for this week for

__ Competence in practical printmaking techniques

50-59

__ Thoughtful and imaginative use of printmaking

50-59

__ Visual Sensibility; understanding and expressing ideas in images

50-59

__ Using research to expand knowledge, enrich thinking and affect your work

50-59

__ Active participation in taught sessions

70-79

Prints from week 9/11/10

__ How many Prints did you make this week? 8 etchings

__ How many of these taught you something new?  I learnt that when the paper is too wet, the print comes out much fainter and with a more washed out effect. Also that I often remove too much ink and this resuts in faded, wishy washy prints. 

__ How many hours did you spend in the Printmaking Workshop? 6

Successful prints - 

I think these prints have come out really well, these were the final few after the mistakes. This is the scene where the Jay finds the peacock feathers and adorns his tail with them, then attempts to join the Peacocks. 

Unsuccessful prints

Really, I don't think I even need to write why I think these prints are rubbish! The tone is too light and they are not 'inky' enough.

Close up sections

Assess yourself using these bandings.

0-29	no show - did not try
30-39	failed to understand
40-49	minimal application, 40 is a pass
50-59	satisfactory
60-69	really good
70-79	great
80-100	Excellent - perfect

Assess yourself for this week for

__ Competence in practical printmaking techniques

60-69

__ Thoughtful and imaginative use of printmaking

50-59

__ Visual Sensibility; understanding and expressing ideas in images

60-69

__ Using research to expand knowledge, enrich thinking and affect your work

50-59

__ Active participation in taught sessions

70-79

Creative book forms & all that jazz

Cara Barer - This artist transforms existing books into monsters and creatures. Her sculptures are really unique and beautiful, they remind me of dancing flames.

Art created from existing books


I could not find the artists names who made these fascinating creations, but I think they are simply wonderful! Really delicate and precious, there is something I find intriguing about manipulating something which already exists and putting you're own mark on it, or taking it and changing it so it exists in another form. I particularly love the Alice In Wonderland images.