Printing

Printing

Mono-Printing

Leaf 1 Bamboo

Leaf 1
For this first print I inked up a sheet of plastic and a leaf. I placed a sheet of paper over the inked leaf and put this through the printing press. The black background was from the plastic and the red ink from the leaf. This created a two colour print.


I like this image and how the leaf breaks beyond the background. It was difficult to ink up the stem which was slightly annoying so the image is not as complete as I would like. It feels like there is something missing, although I do like the white border around it.






This is how the plastic sheet and leaf looked like before printing                                 


Leaf 2 Multiple

I repeated this process with the Beech leaf  but reversed the colours to create a red background. The plastics back sheets had remnants of earlier ink on them so the colour was more faded and less intense and traces of an earlier leaf were also visible. 

I like the dominance of the the two leaves in the foreground with the paler leaf in the background, but I think the composition looks a bit empty and would be improved by using more leaves


Some more leaf prints:

                                    

Layered Prints

   

For this process I experimented with photocopying earlier prints which I layered and created images and then printed over the top of these again to create a new image. I placed red and black ink on top of a green and blue back image. I am pleased with this and feel this is more interesting to look at as its more complex. The blue and green layers of off-set which I really like, but I need to be careful about removing any impurities off the surface as there is a random ink-less spot which is annoying.


Line Drawing


       
 

I enjoyed the freeness of this process by simply making marks on a sheet of paper over an inked surface. I re-used the plastic which had traces of former ink which created a tonal variations which I really like.

Reflection

I enjoy the immediacy of this process. The problem is that it can be quite messy and difficult to control, as well as repeat an image,

Nikita Morgan

Source: Nikita Morgan

Morgan is an Irish mixed media textile artist based in Edinburgh, primarily creating artwork that responds to historic and contemporary political, cultural and environmental issues.
She uses a range of textile and non-textile materials, processes and techniques that are selected by relevance to the subject matter and her message. Her current studio work focuses on the incompetent Tory government and the unpredictability's and uncertainties of Brexit.

     




I really like this works as she has managed to create a lot of detail with quite a free-flowing technique where the only option is line drawings. She has managed to create shading by (I assume) using different pressures on the paper to create depth especially in the mans beard. This makes the drawings really 'pop' out of the page in a way that I could not repeat.

Screen-Printing









I made a stencil out of paper based on a simple leaf from. This had to be thick enough to not tear but delicate enough that the pattern would show clearly, at the minute this feels a bit too blocky. The original idea was to create a contrast between the red background and yellow foreground but the red dominates and has converted the yellow to orange which was disappointing as I wanted a more vibrant image. The problem is the base colour was not 100% dry and so when the yellow was layered on top, it started to mix. 
If I was to do this again I would separate the base and foreground and do them on different days and not just hours apart. I would also like to do a more detailed design with more layers.







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