Print! Print! Print!

Dry-Point Etching

The image above was made by taking one of my pieces from earlier in the year, (can be found in the "Dripping Ink Stills" post) where I placed Indian ink between two pieces of cling film and hung it vertically to let the ink drip with in the plastic film, I took this piece and blew it up on the photocopier and printed it zoomed in at 300%

I decided a dry point etching would compliment the piece. Using a piece of acetate and a screw or small pointed object I scratched the surface of the acetate. I then rubbed ink into the scratches, rubbed off the excess and printed it onto paper using a roller. 

The first Print above I wasn't 100% happy with as I wanted to show the darker tones of the original piece which I managed to capture in the second print by not rubbing off all the ink from the surface of the acetate. 

Lino Print

The image on the right is a section of the zoomed up photocopy. I brought it to the photocopier again but this time I wanted to make a negative image of it which was achieved by altering some of the settings on the photocopier. The image on the left is the result of this alteration.

I felt that a lino print would be the most effective method to use to make a print of

 the negative image.

A Selection of Mono-Prints

Ink Markings

A video/stop-motion of how I made an ink splatter. A ink filled balloon was thrown from a balcony and then exploded when it hit the ground. I documented the result on paper which I laid on the area of ground where I suspected the ink bomb to hit.

Ink markings made with a variety of objects that I simply covered with ink and stamped. These included, bottle tops, jars, toothbrush, boxes etc.

These markings were made by inking up leaves and printing them onto paper.

Rivane Neuschwander- Contingent

 

 

 

This Piece by Rivane Neuschwander has similar connections to my work. A time-lapse film which follows a single meal, as a world map – daubed in honey on blotting paper – is consumed by ants. An example of something  that is ephemeral. as seen in the short film the image of the world map soon leads to nothing as it is eaten by the tiny insects.

Experimenting

Here I layered coloured glue one on top of the other to find the effect I could receive.

I used chocolate sauce as another form of liquid to examine how it would move over and around scrunched tin foil.

Forced Movement

I created the above stop motion to show how liquids, when confronted with an obstacle, try to go through it or are forced around it. I used tin foil as it was easy to shape and make obstacles that would force the glue (mixed with washing up liquid) to move. Since this was a forced movement I wanted to find natural ways where the same force of movement is applied.

I have a waterfall at my house which was constructed by my dad over 10 years ago, I used muddy water as it was easier to see the movement of it than clean water. Because water used to flow down the waterfall regularly some if the surfaces of the rocks which the water flows over are eroded in the centre and create a curved shape in the rock which I found interesting. 

Melting Ice Timelapse