18.04.12

Todays progress; I began creating a selection of pieces on acetate as I have produced the full amount of Kodatrace samples that were planned. I may go back to Kodatrace is there is time.

Acetate produces a much more transparent effect; opposed to the frosted/clouded opacity of Kodatrace. I enjoy the contrast that is created when placing these surfaces together.

Layering out drawings to trace from - 

underneath acetate

PVA and squeegee

Spreading a base layer of PVA

 

Using a squeegee to ensure an even surface before

applying threads to the sample.

 Another aspect that I explored further today was the use of composition within my work. I created this smaller panel with the intentions to keep one side completely plain, with all illustrations justified densely to one side of the work.

I really like this use of composition and may play with it further introducing colour or monofilament knitting into the PVA.

16.04.12

Today's developments with my final pieces:

Considering scale and composition within a smaller sample

Detail

Using many layers of PVA to built depth

Depth is noticeable when looking at the threads

Some are much closer to the surface than others

Painting a screen with remazols for monoprinting

Panel with remazol monoprint and futher layer of PVA glue

Easter Holidays

Last day of the Easter Break, what I got up to today:

 

Final layer of PVA glue on yesterday's

colour-only piece

 

Started a smaller panel which I intend

to have a lot of built up layers of thread

Trying out some finished samples for size

Easter Holidays

Today I produced the largest panel so far; PVA glue with remazols monoprinted to add colour. I will not be adding any threads to this as an alternative/complementary piece to my other final samples.

 Unexpected colours and formations transferred

to underpaper whilst painting my screen up.

Easter Holidays

After a very small break over the Easter weekend, I am back on making final samples.

Large scale piece that I worked on throughout Tuesday:

Layers of PVA glue on kodatrace, drawing with threads, monoprinted remazol dyes, more layers of PVA glue!!!

Scanner

To get a new persepctive on things I tried scanning my silicone samples with the scan lid open...

Personal Reflection

This week in the print room was both successful and unsuccessful. I managed to get a lot of work done, however I was working on a much larger scale than I have previously sampled at.
Producing a Kodatrace & PVA drawing 2m x 1m long, and a silicone panel 2.5m x 0.8m long has provided me with more questions than I anticipated.
The huge scale of these works has a great impact, which is definitely something that I aspire to achieve for my degree show, however working on layers and layers at such a scale is very time consuming.
Only using translucent moudling silicone once before, I took a very big risk (financially as well as time-wise) attempting a sample at such a scale. I used disperse dyes for the addition of colour however this seemed to turn out much worse than expected. Perhaps I should focus on only using the silicone to produce monocolour/clear-on-clear pieces for the show (due to the inability to begin sampling firther within the current timescale) - and include a potential series of visulisations for where these could be taken further if I had time to add colour. Maybe the addition of colour is something I could focus on after the degree show, if I wish to continue working in this media.
The addition of colour could be brought into the degree show through the kodatrace, acetate and PVA samples which I have already proved to be successful.

After feeling slightly depressed about the 'disaster' of the silicone panel, I returned to the print room the following day with fresh eyes and removed it from it's backing perspex. I rolled the piece up for storage to discover that the colours seem to be much more successful when layered over each other extensively. This sample is not a complete disaster as I feel it may be rescued if I either a)cut it into sections to layer over each other b)produce a second panel to layer behind it - under the current time resistriction I plan to try out the first resolution. The main problem with this is that it will reduce the size of the piece massively - I do love the huge scale of the work however I can make other pieces this size instead to display for my work (either with PVA or clear silicone).