3D Recycling project: Continuous line drawings

One of the first things we did in the 3D recycling project was to create a kitchen item at home out of cardboard. I choose to make a frying pan, which can be seen in the picture below. After the class come together and compared the work we did at home, we decided to make a setup of these piece. the picture below shows the set up that I and 2 other students made.

The next step into further developing our work, we had to do continuous line drawing of the set ups around the class. I did 2 continuous line drawings as seen below, one of which is taken from my own set up including the cardboard frying pan that I made.

Overall i believe for quick continuous sketches, these are quite successful pieces, as they show that i can quickly transfer real life objects into a sketch.

3D recycling project: Burger

This is a piece of 3D work I completed in class to start a new project all to do with recycling and creating something out of nothing. I simply used card and cello tape to complete this piece which is a burger. I think for my first attempt of doing something like this it is quite successful. I liked this task, because it was a real challenge to create something that is domed shaped out of flat card. However, this challenge pushed me to get the best result I possibly could and I am very pleased with what I have done here. It obviously isn't one of my best pieces I have done, as it is very simplistic, but it shows that I have got the skill to create a 3D piece of work, which is not the easiest thing to do.

Printing: Final piece

This is my printing project final piece. After lots of research into different types of printing I decided that intaglio is the best suited print method for me. I also researched lots of artists and I personally like Andy Warhol and Bill Bell. I like Andy Warhol because of the bright and vibrant colours used in his work. I liked Bill Bell as he did a lot of Japanese style work, which is very intricate, however he used more colour to liven up his work. To get this final piece I firstly had to do 6 intaglio prints. to do this I first carved an image into a plate. one this was done I used many different coloured inks to produce a lot of pieces. I then double printed the work (so I printed over the work again) to make is look more lively and it added more detail. I then choose my 6 most successful pieces that I would show. After the process of doing this I had to work out how to present my work. I added coloured tissue paper and my 6 pieces on a white background to get a Matisse style of work. Of course this really fitted in well with my project as we looked at Matisse in the Tate art gallery. Overall I believe this piece is successful as I have used the influence of artists and former work to create a collage of my best intaglio pieces.

3D Recycling Project: My visit to the Tate art gallery

Printing: Collographs

These are four collograph prints which I completed in class. To do this I drawn the outline of the Sefton park palm house. I then put double sided sticky tape over the top. I used the sticky tape to put string on my piece. When I completed this I varnished my work and left it to dry. When my piece eventually dried, I then went over it in ink and put it through the press print with an A3 piece of paper. These are my four completed pieces from the process used. For my first attempt at collograph I would say these pieces are fairly successful. All the ink has come out well and they are four clear pieces. However the pieces are not really at a top standard and I know I can produce much better pieces in the future, maybe by using different colours and different materials.

Printing: Intaglio printing second attempt

This is my second attempt doing intaglio printing. This time I used two colours which is very successful. My most successful piece is the one on the left. for this one I used red and blue ink. I like this piece because it is very eye catching and has printed very well. It is very velvety and there are no patches, therefore it is my most successful intaglio print. The other two pieces are not as successful as they are quite patchy and they haven't printed very well. I have enjoyed doing intaglio prints a lot and I will look to do much more in the future.

Printing: Intaglio Printing

These are 2 intaglio prints I completed in class, with the plate I used to complete the pieces. To do this I used a lino plate and carved in a line drawing of the stump of a palm tree. After this I used block ink to cover my plate, with a roller. When completely covered I then put the plate with a piece of paper through the printing press to get the two coloured pieces that can be seen in the photo. The red intaglio print is more successful than the maroon because it is less patchy and it looks more velvety. These pieces were my first attempt at intaglio printing and overall they are quite successful for a first attempt. In the future I know to experiment more and maybe add more colours to make the pieces look more professional and complete.