LAUIL503: Studio Brief 1 - Lino Experimentation

I didn't have as much time in the print room with lino as I'd like, with having a small group of people also using the facilities and a limited amount of time for demos on cutting, inking, using the press, hand printing and cleaning up the inks and tools. It took me a little while to carve out my lino stamp just how I wanted it, with limited vision and no sighted assistance, which I am very proud of! I was able to complete one hand print, one Albion press print and one ghost print along with one red and blue print for the group collage. As soon as those were done it was time to clean and out things away.

I would have loved to experiment with lino printing more as I was really getting into it! I mocked up a few things in Photoshop that I would have done if I had more time:

 

I love how playful these are, adding another dimension to my sculpture park experience, mixing colours, angles and ghost prints, and filling the canvas in different ways. 

Each one tells a different story, some with iteration and repetition, some completely by chance and random alignment, some with order and structure - kind of how I approached some of the tasks that day. Some were ordered and I was methodical in my tackling of the subject (creative writing and photography, for example) and others I was more experimental (rubbings, using the prompts to draw in a different way, recording sound).

I do wish I had more time in the print room but I'm happy I pushed my designs a bit more. What I think it really successful about my stamp is that it isn't just a square, I cut away at it to be more mask-like like what I had seen at the clay exhibition which makes it fantastic for repeats and layering!