one year at art college.

Saturday 3 March 2012

A method I've never used before, pretty simple and it really can look very effective. Just layering emulsion paint and newspaper and then a bit of elbow grease after to rub away the layers. I came across the top images in a newspaper and tried ghost printing them just as samples or testers really. I liked the way that you can control how much of the image you reveal and how clear the picture is- the more you rub away the more you can see. I did get a bit over enthusiastic and rub away too much of the picture a couple of times but I quite like the effect. This process could be used to represent the loss of memory or the ability to think intellectually- removing layers and rubbing away at a memory until it can barely be seen.

Being able to photocopy the ghost prints meant that I could work over them in the print room, this time with coins and dates. I think it looks quite effective, but ugly at the same time.

Experimenting with materials and ghost printing an old book page onto canvas.

Date Printing

These prints were inspired by the use of dates in On Kawara's work. Using alphabet stamps I began printing dates that have some significance to me, this being my Grandfather's birthday. This skectchbook sample shows how I began experimenting with layering and ways of presenting the printed dates; cut out letters and placing them over old book pages, cut outs on simple brown paper or layering tracing paper over book pages. The tracing paper sample works well as the translucent qualities of the paper means that you can still see the words on the page, yet they are slightly out of focus or faded.