I found it difficult to work from my observational drawings and a lack of research meant i couldn't get a good idea of what i wanted to etch. The print room has no internet and nothing to really get inspiration from. This means i need to bring a lot more research to the print room to work from. I need to add to and develop my drawings and gather some second research to work from whilst i am in the print room on mondays. This will be my homework for this week. Hopefully i can get to the V & A museum but i have a very busy week, with work and deadlines in our other projects.
Throughout the day i did a lot of simple and small etchings just getting used to it all again. I didn't really enjoy working on the paper but it was understandable because materials can get expensive when you are learning and experimenting. I love etching so i may take it further once my idea develops but i am keen to learn new techniques. Some off my work i scanned in is presented beautifully below......
I had a little one to one with Caroline letting her know i was keen to base my project around patterns and furniture. She mentioned that i should look harder when i'm doing my observational drawings like patterns on my clothes, bed covers or wood grains etc and for the roadside look at fences and pavements. All very understandable which i shall complete in my sketchbook for next week. She also explained the brief a little bit more which means i can really crack on with this project and start developing my ideas.
Monday has been a gooden!
Good start and yes, lets get you using plate to etch on! Slikscreen could also be great way of exploring line and colour. Home made sketchbooks look great, please bring them in, you could develop this as your project?
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