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Peacock Head
This is a dry point etching artwork I have done. I was using the image on the left as a reference image. Above here are the two prints I made and in the top left corner is the acetate I was etching in.I am pleased with the stroke making techniques I have used. Challenges I encountered while etching this is how the peacock's head has a bumpy texture but I believe I did a descent job at creating this texture. This took me about 1 hour and the size is 21cm by 16cm.
Louise Bourgeois mono prints
Louise Bourgeois is an artist who really inspires me. She is a sculpture who makes large spider sculptures all over the world. The idea behind the spiders is about Louise Bourgeois's mother and she represents fierceness and motherhood in these spiders; this is why it says "mother of all" in one of my prints. This is my first time doing mono printing and I did a good job at making these prints however next time I would definitely be careful and try to rest my hand on the paper less. The top right print is the first one I did. Then I did the reverse print and finally I did the one above which was the final one. This took me about 20 minutes and the scale is A4.
Turtle Mono Prints
This was my second time doing mono printing. I am very into marine life and I chose to do a sea turtle. On the reverse print I think it was not that clear because by the time I got to that point the ink had dried so it did not turn out how I hoped. I am pleased with how I did the shape and the shadow. If I was to do this again I would try and get some more detail on the turtle's back. This took me about 20 minutes and the scale is A4.
The Skull Urchins and Lamp on a Table
This is a dry point etch into acetate. This is my first time doing any kind of intaglio print. The etching took me about one hour and 30 minutes. It is 17 cm by 10 cm.
Crustaceans
This is a dry point etch into acetate. Including the time to ink and print this took an entire day and an art lesson and the size is 20.5cm by 29.7cm. This was my first time trying out chine-collé to get colour into my dry point etching. I tried putting multiple colours of tissue paper on top of each other (top right print) however I decided that this technique is boldest when it is a solid colour like my print in the bottom right.
The Devil Lino Cut
This is my second time printing and cutting lino. I found that because I was using hessian backed lino it was hard to cut while it was cold. When I was cutting it I was using a hot plate which made the cutting easier. The print on the left was my best print and I am also very pleased with my multi coloured print. The print above in the middle I over inked because the details are not as visible. I did not spread the print in the top left evenly enough and that is why I think the left leg was not that clear. Overall, I was pleased in the details I made while cutting but if I was to carry on printing I would focus on getting every detail extremely clear. The cutting took 2 and a half hours and it took one art lesson to do all the prints.
Upside Down Medusa
This is a mono print of the Basilica Cistern Medusa pillar in Istanbul, Turkey. The reason why it is upside down because according to the legend of Medusa if it were the right way up it will turn you to stone. I was lucky enough to visit the Basilica Cistern in Istanbul.
The scale of this is A4. After the previous mono prints I did I decided to challenge myself further and include all the details and shadow I could before the ink dries. This took me about 20 minutes.
Recreation of Edward Bowden's fruit bowl print
I got inspired by Edward Bowden's print art in Higgins Gallery. As soon as I got back home I wanted to try lino print of one of his fruit bowl images.
Lino print on the right is my first trial.
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