Processed Screen & Size Ratio

Before I expose my screen I needed to consider the size of my design as I really need it to be the right size ratio otherwise it's going to look too blocky of an image or too tiny to notice. After playing on the photocopier I returned with a whole range of different sizes and picked a reasonable size being 65% of the original, making it smaller as my idea is that the print isn't the main focus but it's a nice element. With my design and size chosen I coated my screen and exposed it ready to start printing.

Bloom Research

Spent my morning in the library this morning looking through all the Bloom Magazines for some research for my sketchbook. I'm possibly in love with these magazines. I wish I could afford these magazines as they have the most beautiful images. I think for my next project i'm going to start my research here.

Screen Print Design

I managed to prepare a design for screen printing using two images of leaves that I drew from my dysperse dye prints. I tampered with the images to make them more cleaner and smoother and arranged them in a repetitive print. When choosing the formation for the repetative print I wanted it to be a little bit random but It's hard to have a scattered effect and for it to not look rubbish but also it's tricky to have it repeated well with multiple sections. So I've managed to arrange an organised speratic effect where nothing in the repeated square is the same direction or angle. I'm so happy with this design. I think it's going to work well in my finished quilt with all my other ideas.

Workshop: Laser Cutting

I didn't think I was going to be too impressed by the laser cutter but actually it is so amazing. I really want to have a paper project so I can just use it over and over and over cutting out my drawings and designs. I spent an hour putting together a basic sheet to show some of the cutting and etching processes and finishing with a small design for my Design Development. My only thought now is to how I can use this in textiles.

I made these simple start off cuttings from the laser cutting to see the wide range of cuts and etches it can do.

Tutorial: Kate

Had my first tutorial of the year today with Kate. It was really good as it gave me a the motivation I needed to kick start my work. We recapped what we last talked about and where I was helping me to see what I had to do next as I lost sight of it over the Christmas break. I need to recap the work I've already done and start looking forward.

Sketchbook Binding

I've been rethinking the way I'm going to work my sketchbook. I was going to stab bind the sheets together at the end but I've found from using this binding technique that the book doesn't really open up very well and you have to force the pages to open up. What I'd like for my sketchbook I'd for it to be opened up and laid out flat, which is why I was fond of using ring bound sketchbooks. After thinking about it I've decided I'm going buy rings and use them to bind the pages.

Gravity - Simone Ten Homple

Today was gravity day and we were visited by metal worker Simone Ten Homple. Simone's specifically works to make utensils like vessel and spoons. Simone's work doesn't particularly appeal to me and my craft but what I did pick up from the lecture was that it's important to learn by the process of asking questions and finding out whether it works or not, otherwise we'd never know. Simone is a strong believer of this and carries this out within her own work. What I also liked about her work is that during her process of making her utensils she will look at the design of the it and pick out the main elements and play with that to redesign it. She made a teapot without a handle and surrounded the hole where the water goes in with stone to be able to pick it up. I'm also quite fond of how she will make multiples of things and having them together as a collection with each piece being something different to the next.