Hooray, finished at last! and here are some details: … [Read more...]
Poetry Collaboration 6
I screen printed all of Saturday and got another five screenings done, so one to go. Here is a detail. Once Rhododendron has her make up and the bee has its flight path (one more photographic screen, one more day) it will be complete and ready to show. … [Read more...]
Poetry Collaboration 4
This was how the process worked so far: I cut the letters out freehand onto 130gsm paper with hand drawn lines. The letters are all about 13mm tall. I needed the letters to be white and the background black. The original had pencil lines from the guidelines and where I needed a little help on S's and B's and had drawn them letters in pencil first. Rather than erasing all those lines over delicately cut letters, I spraymounted the front of the work and glued it onto black … [Read more...]
Poetry Collaboration 3
Here is my sketch. I'll screenprint it as follows: 1) Flesh colour for Rhododendron 2) Neon pink for Rhododendron 3) Yellow for two strips of colour 4) Lime green for two strips of colour 5) Deep mauve "tips spilling colour" strip 6) Violet background to lettering at top verse, over yellow strip so that the yellow shows through. 7) Light purple middle background to letters 8) Light blue-violet at the bottom. 9) Black for buzzing bee and some outlines on Rhododendron. This is NINE … [Read more...]
Poetry Collaboration 2
Truth to Materials: Truth to materials means that the method of working should reflect the materials used to create the piece.So, hand cut letters should not look like laser cut letters. I'm working on a design to be screenprinted.I did a rough sketch in illustrator and had decided:1) the letters need an informality and directness.2) they need to be cut directly without prior drawing / sketching.3) guide lines should be drawn freely by hand so that the letter scale varies. Remember … [Read more...]