Printmaking Evaluation HNC

This year for printmaking i wanted to step away from my usual mono print and try something else. I decided to work with Lino.

I wanted to take my life drawings and tie it in with printmaking. Sometimes i feel like i want to take some study's further in life drawing and thought this would be a good way to do it. I started by taking one of my life drawings and trying to use simple line to create a print.

I cut my lino into three pieces and printed each one separately. I then experimented with different coloured papers as well as later i experimented with patterned paper. 


I also looked a little at Kathy kollwitz and tried to use thicker cross hatching and dark and light contract to create some prints using a study we did in life drawing in dim light.

I then tried using a different colour and working smaller 

I liked working on a smaller scale and started experimenting with small scale. I looked a bit at Mestessi's cut outs and i liked the colours and the way he captured form.

 

Over all i was quite happy where this unit took me, i dont feel i came to a solid conclusion, or took the last part of my experiments as far as i would have liked, i didn't produce a 'finial image' as the brief seemed more heavy on experiments. I did prove i can work in registration and in multiple colors.  

I did find myself not as engaged in his unit as i have been, i don't know if that is because i prefer mono print and lino is very new to me or because i let myself be distracted by project. I did find some restraints in this unit. The first being access to the press this is a space issue with other years doing prints and also other students doing different types of printing and it needing to be adjusted. I think speaking up about things is something i need to work on personally when i need something. I also found the cutting process very time consuming and very difficult while gives me more respect for people who work in lino. 

Overall i had fun. I have to remember that art is supposed to be fun, i sometimes spend so long thinking of deep subject matter that i forgot to let go and enjoy what i am doing and that is what i did with printmaking. If i could i would do more and keep this project going through out the rest of the year! i could just do it in my spare time but it would require me getting much better at using a spoon to print with.