More hard-ground etching!

I signed up again to use the print room last monday and produced another hard ground etching plate – a illustrated pattern of different fast foods. My initial idea was for the pattern to be featured as end pages to my zine – but during the construction of my zine I decided to use a different piece of work. However, I was pleased with the prints I produced, and I did feature one of the etchings in my final zine. I experimented by painted into one of the prints with water colour, but felt the colour overpowered the line of the etching print – so preferred the contrast of the black on white.

 

The Sketchbook

Our most recent, and last project for this term has been The Sketchbook. Our brief simply stated that we had to fill a sketchbook. I decided to document my daily life – illustrating my interaction with the world. Drawing my friends, food I’ve eaten, favourite quotes, thoughts etc. Recently I’ve been focusing on the combination of text/ font and mu drawings, experimenting with handwritten letters and composition.

Main influences include Danny Gregory and Gemma Correll – a lot of their work is based on their day to day life. They also experiment with text and imagery – Correll adding a lot of humour to her illustrations with a few words.

In my pieces I tried capturing my personality – focusing on humour and sarcasm. Whilst also trying to experiment and push the materials I utilise.