print elective: dry point etchings, chine colee and monoprints

The following are a series of prints that I made over the 2 weeks. I used dry point etching, chine colee and monoprint techniques.

dry point etching with monoprint

dry point etching

dry point etching with monoprint

dry point etching with monoprint, chine colee and lace texture

dry point etching with monoprint, chine colee and lace texture

print elective

The final of the 3 electives I chose was print. The project brief was to look at how objects occupy space in the environment. I looked at my immediate environment- the print room, the college and the kitchen table at home, the places where I was spending most of my time. I took an interest in how manmade objects occupy the space in my environment in particular metal objects, specifically curved objects like the wheels on the printing presses and the curve of the aluminium sugar bowl that is always present on the kitchen table with the teapot.

Some photographs of the printing presses in the print room . . .

printing press wheels

More snapshots of the printing presses

and some photographs of the objects at the kitchen table-sugar bowl and cups . . .

Print demonstrations from print tutor on drypoint etchings and mono print . . . .

Graphic design elective: Contextual research

I looked at a variety of typographical posters and designs to help inspire my own work.