Category Archives: Part 1

Assignment 1: Response to tutor feedback

I’d like to follow up the video chat and the written feedback in this post and plan to update it as I work my way through part 2 of the printmaking course. The video tutorial was the first time I had the opportunity to talk to a tutor in person and I really appreciate it. […]

Assignment 1: Tutor feedback

Tutor report Overall Comments Electronic submission, followed by video tutorial. [Student lives in USA] Work well-organised and easy to navigate. Very productive and clearly engaged with studies Good grasp of basic print techniques. Ability to work with texture. Work with colour will benefit from the use of reference materials. Assessment potential You may want to […]

Assignment 1: Monoprints

With my tutor it was agreed that I make an entirely electronic submission. I’m grateful for this because the cost of sending large-sized parcels from the U.S. to the U.K. are high. The first assignment of Printmaking 1 consists in a selection of prints made for Projects 1 to 4. I have put practically all […]

Research point: Artists relying on texture in their prints

Find some contemporary printmakers who rely heavily on texture in the prints. What sort of textures have they used to create effects? How well has it worked? I started this research by looking for contemporary artists, and came across the Center for Contemporary Printmaking in Norwalk, Conneticut. There is currently an exhibition, the 4th Biennial […]

Project 4: Conclusion

Now looking back to project 4, I’m quite happy with my prints so far. Of course there are weaknesses and shortcomings, but I feel that I’ve made a nice tour of the techniques learnt so far and I also think that I’ve learnt a bit about how to improve prints by overprinting to add more […]

Project 4: Pond (series 4)

After series 3 (the skyline) I took some days off printmaking to get a little inner distance and look out for new ideas. I found it difficult to come up with a completely different subject and trying to cover more than two techniques simultaneously. The technical requirements somehow seemed to block me from just going […]

Project 4: Skyline (series 3)

This turned out to be the most difficult subject so far. It all started with my idea of using leftover paper scraps from the last series and try out what I could do with strips of torn paper, used as masks. I thought I might develop a subject using backdrawing on top of an imaginary […]

Project 4: Leaves (series 2)

I started this project from the idea of printing off the texture of tree leaves which came up while printing the shoe series. It had been during a lunch break when I walked around the block and became aware of some interestingly shaped leaves. During the remainder of the walk, I collected different leaves and […]

Exhibition visit: Toulouse-Lautrec at the MOMA

Actually I went to the MOMA to see the Sigmar Polke exhibition in the context of research for the OCA watercolour course, and barely made it there on the exhibition’s last day. While I found that exhibition not very inspiring, afterwards I took the opportunity to go to the Toulouse-Lautrec gallery, which presented “The paris […]

Project 4: The shoes (series 1)

I started project 4 with a series of prints based on a drawing of a pair of wooden clogs. Out of a feeling that I did not want to embark on an over complicated subject, I chose the shoes in a matter of seconds when I saw them next to my desk. The shapes looked […]

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