After a bit of a turbulent start to the year again, I'm trying to become a little more focused in my efforts to blog about my work...something I've never felt i was really any good at, but maybe through pictures of things i can show you what I've been up to and how i'm progressing with my BA...
Let us start with some printmaking then...
I've been working on creating a protest piece. The subject I've chosen is women on bank notes.
It's something that astounds me. When i found out the fact that british bank notes only have one woman at a time on them, if any at all. Whats going on there?! was my thought...Why not have more than one woman on our bank notes at a time, this country has produced hundreds and hundreds of brilliant, successful, groundbreaking women...oh and I'm not counting the queen here all you smarty pants! What would happen if Emmeline Pankhusrt and Viviane Westwood were on UK bank notes at the same time...would the world implode?! I think not.
So with that in mind here are a few first attempts at screen printing after a long break from it...it truly is an enjoyable thing, going through the process of printing things, like a Japanese tea ceremony the joy is in the ritualistic processes of printing, the things leading up to the final movement...
A wee picture of the acetates used to expose my screen, a clean line drawing and a darker watercolour from a life drawing class.
First attempt at printing my pictures...an uneven outcome but not without its charms!
Another go at it, this time with a colour change to white for the fine line drawing and a slight change in its position...i'm quite pleased with the outcome this time though.
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