To come prepared for this course is essential, finding high contrast
images that are your own.
In Photoshop the images
have to be converted into black and white, grey scale made halftone and
reversed if you want the same aspect as original. Print onto transparency. The
idea is the printing ink adheres to the black image, leaving the clear areas clean.
The plate is put into contact with some ’good’ paper and rolled through the press under a
protection blanket.
Boy, was I productive that week and I only had four days.
Some of
the images I chose didn’t work, some were great. I experimented with overhead
transparency but it didn’t stand up to the moisture. Tried a sharpy and bic
black biro both worked but wore quickly. My final image I believe to be the best
and I only got two prints before having
to clean up. (You must be organised and clean otherwise you get in a
mess). Some of my fellow students were majoring in printing and seeing what was
possible was inspirational.
Marci is a wonderful tutor, there are so many
aspects to the whole ’printing’ field and yet the quality of instruction
allowed quick and complete understanding of the process so you can concentrate
on the creation of your art.
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