Variations on a theme 4

variations on a theme 3

variations on a theme 2

variations on a theme 1

moving on to etchings 7

moving on to etchings 6

 

 

^{Here I wanted to try out a new image as well as a different technique for making the marks.}  

moving on to etchings 5

moving on to etchings 4

Moving on to etchings 3

Moving on to etchings 2

Moving on to etchings 1

^{I decided that for this particular project I need to work in etching, so I have been playing with a variety of ways to make marks ( based on the same image- which won’t be part of the final piece) to work out how I should develop the idea. This etching was made using a soft ground.}

Thinking through making 4

Thinking through making 3

Thinking through making 2

Thinking through making 1

^{I don’t know how other people work when they have a more ‘serious’ project to do- but for me I ‘think’ about the idea and what I want to represent through the process of making. Generally I do this by selecting an image which is related to the theme I’m working on and make plates, often I only take a single print from each as it’s about the mark I’m making.}

^{I know it won’t  be the image I intend to use as the image for the final piece, but it is good enough to be going on with for use on small steel ( ie cheap) plates while I decide more clearly what the correct image I want to use might be. I think this process driven method of working is clearly seen by the next plates I’m showing here.}

^{I started out with monoprints as usual. there is something in making the work that enables me to work out what aspect of the subject matters to me. What I respond to in the monoprints which are essentially sketch book pieces.}

 

Empty glasses 3

Empty glasses 2

Empty Glass

Wine 3

Wine 2

Wine based prints

^{In retrospect I think that these prints would have been far better had I used shades of  red.} 

 

more tea?

Weak tea 3

Weak tea 2

Weak tea 1

Tea themed prints 4

Tea themed prints 3

Tea themed prints 2

^{Another shape to work with. I was a bit annoyed with myself for not getting the cup on straight.} 

Tea themed prints

 

 

^{This is just a starting point as I wanted to work with ghost images from the plate.}

 

 

Some new ideas

^{A page from my sketch book ( plus cat paw prints) where I was working out shapes for new monoprints.}