I chose Somerset - buff paper which is of very good quality. I love the subtle colour of these and beautiful surface.
I am really please with these versions. i thought they might look too simple, but i actually think they work quite effectively stood on their own. The lino printed really well - with good pressure and no smudges. I hope to perhaps sell these prints.
- Also corrected my final hand print - created small stamps to replace the finger nails that i accidentally cut off! worked perfectly. the print now feels more complete.
- Unfortunately i made the mistake of cutting away two of the finger nails on my Lino cut! proceeding to create my final s unaware of this until after printing. I came up with the solution of simply cutting out the despaired shapes and stamping them onto my finals by hand. This worked perfectly!
Monoprint and Lino Prints.
After Spending hours in the print room trying to achieve a perfect print, i came to the realisation that there would always be something perhaps not quite 'perfect' - but thats just the process of print. despite there being so many things that I've found can go wrong within the process of creating just one print this way - from the mono print textures being ruined by fluff and smudges getting on the paper, to the registration of the print not lining up. - For me the process was a challenge but i really feel like I've learnt a lot, and achieved more than i set out to do.
(all cropped to same dimension - couldn't get good quality scanned versions in issue to upload)
(not best quality photographs! - see final prints folder)
I chose the images that were of the best quality - what i was looking for was no smudges on the page, the ink on the print hadn't smudged. The registration of the mono print and lino, the pressure of lino print, and the quality and gradient of the mono print. - a lot to consider!!
Overall i am happy with the final 3 prints that i have chosen. Honestly they have turned out so much better than my expectations. After struggling at first for while trying to repeat the right mono print process each time, something eventually clicked during my third session, and i finally got it! from then I've spent my time in the print room developing and refining techniques which i think has really paid off. - its a process that a lot of time needed to be invested into.
The colours of mono really help bering the images to life, - its a subtle amount which keeps an element of simplicity. I wanted the black to be quite prominent, representing the eerie atmosphere of the book. - I found the colour helps to break up the image - drawing attention to the key focus of each one which was what i intended to achieve.
- The fact that it was two colour plus stock made some people feel a bit restricted. But I think that i have made good use of the mono print process by creating different gradients of black - think it provides more depth and detail.
- I think the final prints do my ideas justice, to me they successfully represent they the themes i aimed to communicate in my project proposal. - themes of transformation, /being trapped within the the landscape,/ and facing the consequences of your actions, no escape.
The landscape is the most prominent feature in all prints, - however interpreted, which also very much represents beauty. - donna tart seemed obsessed with portraying beauty - this was often found within the landscape.
I think these prints would successfully work as a wall print, or possibly be quite fitting as a book cover for the secret history. For final presentation, i will consider how i will format sizing the print. How much of a border shall i leave? want to achieve a good balance of space.
- Alteration; - originally, The second print - 'no escape' was supposed to feature characters running up the path. The decision to change this came when time was running out. I made the decision to focus on other aspects that needed finishing as I am actually pleased with the composition, despite loosing this aspect. I was worried it would takeaway something, but after discussion in the crit some people considered that it may have made the image overcomplicated - as it involves list of details already.
- perhaps it doesn't communicate the message as well as i would have hoped, but i still feel that the hand intertwined with the trees represents being trapped/no escape.
- I have actually really enjoyed this learning process, and although very frustrating and exhausting at times, I do not regret choosing to push the process of combining mono and Lino printing. When i did achieve a very good quality print, it felt all the more special! Theres a lot more risk involved creating a print in this way however, and so i can see how its perhaps not the most time or cost effective method to choose, but the whole point of trying this process was to learn and see if its a direction i may want to take my work in. Plus, i went into this not really knowing anything about it, its taken a lot of practice and time to get my head around. - i now have a lot more confidence in my abilities with mono and lino print, and look forward to exploring it in the future!
I have come to the conlusion that i really like both process - perhaps combining the two together like this is not an everyday process, but i am definelty interested in continuing to explore both methods. I feel that my style of work has adapted really well to both of these processes.
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