• At the beginning of the morning I had a screen printing induction with Mick and Mike. As I am already very familiar with screen printing, the print room at both sites, and the staff based at both - this was just a friendly reintroduction to the process. I did a lot of screen printing for my Visual Skills and Final Major Project briefs last year in Access to HE; the latter taking me to new places screen printing onto wood! There are a few differences with how things are done at the uni campus though, so made a few notes for future drop-in sessions.
• I'm very interested in a print-based practice; elevated further after the recent Print Culture lectures, gaining a deeper understanding of the working class roots and association with popular art for factory workers, William Morris and the socialist movement and more contemporary movements of the Print Project, The Glastonbury free Press and The Pink Milkfloat.
• I assumed a leadership role and took on the task of developing the visual route we took by closing my eyes and retracing our steps - being severely visually impaired means my memory is a lot stronger in terms of movements and directions! I assigned 2 symbols to each member of the group to plan out and finalise, ensuring we all had an equal contribution to the final outcome. Chinagraph pencils provided a nice, grainy texture against the solid fill of the paper cut.
• My group and I considered adding extra symbols for buildings, feelings and smells but didn't want to overcrowd the composition too much. I have learned from the previous module that simplicity is powerful!
• Although working collaboratively was initially quite difficult, as we all have our own systems of approaching tasks and illustrating images, I think my group worked really well together and began to have a lot of fun with the symbols development, especially. It isn't something I would jump right into again straight away, as I prefer to work independently, but it has proved the point that collaboration can be valuable and give a great sense of fun. I enjoyed meeting my peers who I haven't had the chance to properly speak to before and learn of their approach to image-making.
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