During Part 4 of the course, I have undertaken a project to produce a set of related prints arising out of objectives set by my new tutor. These were: consider the subject for a print more broaden my imaginative ambition … Continue reading
The opportunity offered for a two day course in etching aluminium plate using copper sulphate. Firstly we divided a plate up into three areas. I the first we did an exposure strip, exposing a section every 10 or 15 seconds … Continue reading
I wanted to return to wood cut following my experiments in waterbased Japanese style woodcut, to try more expressive marks and use oil based inks. I returned to a design I developed for a linocut, but didn’t print because I … Continue reading
With summer and the possibility of working outside, I was offered the opportunity of a one day workshop making a plate using plywood and a blow torch. Firstly, we prepared a plate using: 1.5mm plywood scored and cracked apart tile … Continue reading
This exercise built on my work for my collagraph test plate. I had included filler, impressed with a grass head, and I wanted to explore this further. On the collagraph course I attended a few months earlier, tile cement was … Continue reading
The remit: a series of representational images simplified design choose a subject where the amount of visual detail can be reduced use varied materials for texture. My design for this project was developed from a door seen in Portugal, at … Continue reading
To make a collagraph materials sampler, I: decided that I would like my grid to have curvy outlines for a more organic feel found a surplus piece of sturdy mountboard (Arcadia) drew around it onto a piece of thin paper … Continue reading
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The assessment criteria for the Printmaking 1 are: Demonstration of Technical and Visual Skills – materials, techniques, observational skills, visual awareness and compositional skills Quality of Outcome – content, application of knowledge, presentation of work in a coherent manner, conceptualisation … Continue reading
OCA Printmaking 1 