In Assignment 3 feedback, my tutor noted a similarity of one of my linocut process prints (the red single layer in the experimental cat tree print) with works by Eduardo Chillida. What I found remarkable was that I had only briefly assessed the single-layer componants of my reduction print, and my tutor’s remarks made me […]
I discovered Suminagashi while researching traditional Japanese woodblock printing. I found it mentioned on the courses page of the ‘Center for Book Arts’ in Manhattan where I was looking up woodcutting courses by a Japanese Artist. Suminagashi is a water-based marbling technique. The difference to other marbling techniques is that inks are put on plain […]
Before you embark on [project 11], take a look at what others have achieved using a relief collage as a starting point. Trawl through some examples of collographs/collatypes (same thing) online, pick out some favourites and write about them in your learning log. My first in-depth introduction to collagraph was through the Book “Collagraph […]
Take a look at some contemporary printmakers who use experimental methods to make their prints. You could start by exploring the printmakerscouncil.com website, where you will find links to some interesting practitioners. What have you found of interest? What new techniques and ideas have arisen in this investigation? Make notes in your learning log. For […]
What I like in the prints by Clare Curtis is the independence from photos which leaves the space to introduce phantasy and imagination into the design. As an example, I chose the print “The landing”, a citiscape which condenses several elements of the town into a single view. The perspective is “unrealistic” but the image […]
It was a tutor recommendation to look up etchings by Dutch painter and printmaker Rembrandt van Rijn to study his hatching and crosshatching technique. The suggestion was related to the somewhat underdeveloped hatching techniques I employed in my sketchbook work. During Part 2 of the course I hardly drew at all, but I think I […]