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Saturday, 28 September 2013

ELECTRICITY

Okay so I should take a few steps back and show people where that last image came from.
Yes it was from an etched plate or etching, 
but the idea began when I was shown the work of 
TERRY WINTERS
The work reminded me of electricity pylons just from the use of line.

The idea was simple.
A side view of a single pylon rotated and placed in 4 different positions on the page.
You can say it looks like a cross or like a view from the bottom of a pylon looking up.
or even a spiders web.

Anyway from there I took the print forward and inverting the colour scheme by changing the method of applying the ink. In the first two prints the only colour used is black.



The next two prints are the same print as the last post.
One of them is slightly different as again I inverted the colour on the text



Then the final two are where I think I may have possibly brought my idea to an end,
or maybe not....
But these two prints are done in the same method as the last two but with a spice of life.
The yellow i used on the etch warns of danger, I have tried to replicate the warning signs many of us see on a daily basis.



There is one finale thing to do now that I have reached what I possibly think is the end of an idea.
I need to pull two clean prints that I am happy with and preferably again on Fabriano 



Thursday, 26 September 2013

 
 

Intaglio

 

At last my original idea is beginning to excite me.
I have used the etched plate with a roll over the top of a dark grey ink, which gives a really nice bold print of the plate with the etched lines being kept white as the ink is not pushed into them.
Once I was happy with that I used an A4 print out of a full page covered in random sizes of the word ELECTRIC
The results amazed me!
It is such as simple process but the end result was beautiful.
I liked the print so much so that I also went on to print it on Fabriano Paper
 
 
 


Sunday, 22 September 2013

Back to College

Back again and time to catch up with the blog


Prepping plates for etching, haven't used the acid baths before so this will be a fun new learning experience. Gotta try it