So yesterday was another day we had in the etching studio and I decided that my aim for the day was to begin a new series of prints. The sole focus of this was another image I had of a fire hydrant sign and I had hoped that I would be able to create the gritty feel of the wall using drypoint.
I also wanted to be able to keep the actual sign clean and pure amongst the surroundings.
However this did not go entirely to plan and out of a series of 7/8 prints I only like one or two myself.
Though this is not say I wasted a day and infact it was quite rewarding in regards to my project as I have deveolped a new train of thought looking at the abstracion of signage. What this means is that I am aiming for people who view my work to look and say "what is that?"...afterall isn't that what art is meant to do.
So, here are the products of the day:
In the next week I will focus more on this and using block printing aswell as drypoint and monoprint
This is where my thinking changed. Even though I knew myself that It wasn't really going anywhere with what I was doing ( to be honest I had no certified plan on where I was going), I decided to consult one of the print tutors who offered me the idea of changing the edge of an image to make a viewer question what I was actually presenting to them. I found this suggestion really useful and the thought of changing a sign to a point where it is barely recognizable is a real direction for me to take my project to.
In the next week I will focus more on this and using block printing aswell as drypoint and monoprint
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