I am a BFA Sculpture major. This is my senior year and I feel that I don't yet
have a professional direction of where I want my creative thoughts to go. Right
now they include an analytical/tedious approach - tight marks, tight cuts - and
a very loose, organic approach. I really enjoy the monotonous task of cutting
out all the negative space made from a scribble. I also really enjoy getting
down and dirty with clay - truly being in my art, birthing abstract forms. This
is why I'm having a difficult time forming a theme for printmaking.
Difficulties and thoughts include not being sure how the wood will respond to my
tight drawings and curvy lines. I don't want the wood to split out on me or just
turn into a big white spot on the print because the drawing is too tight.
This is why I decided to not use the first block as part of a series of works in
the class and is going to be instead a very primitive design, using all
different textures to test out all the kinks in one shot (this is my hope
anyway).
To gain access to different textures I've been looking through catalogs for
clothes and furniture hoping to grasp how to create textures. I think I'm going
to need a couple of different tools in order to create such different
techniques. Sand paper, as you mentioned, is a very good tool to create a fuzzy
texture and a pintool (dragging it across the surface) could be used for a more
furry texture, but I'm hitting a mind block of how to create others. Hopefully,
we will be able to chat before I start chopping away at the block, but I'm
assuming all my other wood cutting tools will be all right for that.
So my image idea will not necessarily be a proper drawing, but a visit to
studying texture. I may do it in squares, but I want to know what you think
first. I actually experimented for lithography in amoebas, which resulted in a
very amusing plate. I'm very excited to just start at the wood block so if a
design isn't necessary for the first project that would be great, but I assume
you want us to learn the transferring processes.
In past projects, I have created something that can really only be described as
paper lace. I made an organic compilation of images and then blew it up to be
around 16" in diameter and then cut out all the white space. I was wondering for
the next couple of blocks, if this is an appropriate design that could be
executed with out much problem.
Here is my website so people can check out what I've been doing:
www.stephanieblackcreations.com
The quicktime video takes a while to load - sorry.
Artists that interest me include:
Kako Ueda, Peter Callesen, Jen Stark and Matt Shlian.
I couldn't get any images to post up on here, but definitely check those folks out.
Some prints that I dig:
http://www.davidkrut.com/news/cannonball_2.jpg
http://blog.nola.com/staa/medium_cole3_000.jpg
http://kornguth.com/printmaking/images/printmaking13.jpg
This one is color but I really like the commercial quality:
http://grainedit.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/little_friends_of_printmaking-happy_tear.jpg
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I like that you are thinking about the wood. You are working with the wood grain and and really emphasising it. THe wood grain works especially in this piece because it compliments the shapes in the trees.
I think your idea of going with the grain for additions to your block would be a cool idea. And I'm sorry your elbow is bothering you :(
First of all, I was reading your proposal and looking at your website, and I think that you should do woodcuts exploring that same theme. I love the woodcuts that don't explore just the traditional. Abstract woodcuts would be awesome! With that said...I think that it would be interesting to explore the composition in your current woodcuts, maybe thinking about the edges of the board possibly extending the tree off one of the edges to give it dynamism.
my favorite part is the really knarly, twisted tree in your second print.. it has a very graphic style, like how the texture of the bark or whatever can be broken up into chunks.... and the tiny hidden camel in the background is a fun detail!
-rachel
i think you should definitely try incorporating your swirly line sketches into your prints, it would add a lot of movement and interests to your pieces.
Really beautiful gesture of trees. Awesome mark making, shows movement in tree. Depth conveyed by different sizes of camels. I play with the line quality a bit more in new additions to make more contrast in the piece.
As you can see in the process, your ideas are thought out well and seem solid about what your goal is. This is a very important step in the printmaking process and seems to be more vital as we move towards the end of the semester.
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