Matthew White

 

Tetra pac printing joy from Matthew White. 

Zine

The weekend started with a how-to video on printing using plastic wrap or cling film and then rapidly I became involved with making a zine, which I have never done before. I thought first to make one about victorian female mountaineers in their long dresses scaling the heights, but in researching this I became distracted and then compelled to find out more about Annie Edson Taylor and her death-defying journey down Niagara falls in a barrel. A zine is a great way to process and collate research for any age, I really enjoyed making this.

Using recycled foiled card to make prints

 
My latest video with lots of 'erms' unfortunately. This is a lovely quick way to make prints using recycled take away packaging and a biro.

Disposable printing

This week I have been teaching recycled relief printing, normally for this, I use polystyrene trays from under pizza's. This time, I tried using the foiled lids of takeaway containers. As with the polystyrene trays you draw into the foiled surface using a biro, indenting the surface. Th results were very good, it is a quick easy technique and when the printing ink is even they are almost like etchings. 

Potatoe Potatoes

This week I am in the midst of teaching a six week printing course, and again revisiting potato prints. The more potato prints I do, the more I love them, their accessibility and adaptability make them a great resource, especially when you use lino cutting tools with them as you can achieve a great line. Layering them in different colours creates great mid century feeling designs. I don't like wasting food so if you ever see reduced green (inedible) potatoes they are the best use of this damaged resource.

Ivila Caballero III

Celestial speech bubbles of emotion by Spanish illustrator Ivila Caballero  who uses elements of print and alcohol pens to create her illustrations.

Marina Richterova

Russian born Czech artist Marina Richterova's work is dark and folkloric. It brings to mind the medieval fantasy depicted in the works of Bruegel and Bosch but also has the elegance of illuminated texts.  

Ellen Heck II

Ellen Heck's colour wheels amazing collections of colour from different situations. A foggy morning in San Francisco and an antiques fair are amongst some of the colour events that have been painstakingly mapped and documented by Ellen. 
I really like the idea of producing colour wheels of particular locations and events I think this is something that I would like to introduce to my teaching as part of sketch making and initial research.

Tori Gray

A wonderful beautifully printed and handmade book 'Lost time is never found again' by DJCAD graduate Tori Gray.

Etsuku Nakai

The floating worlds of Etsuku Nakai.

Printing with...

...Finlay's rubber band ball, made very interesting marks, and is good to grip onto for small hands or hands that don't do what their owners want them too.

Letters for literacy

I have been asked to go to a local school next week and help in a family literacy project. So I am endeavouring to make letter stamps out of anything I can find that I hope will create an interesting print.

I am hoping that everyone can use the letters of their name to make people or animals.

Barbara Karn

Barbara Karn found at Crooked House Gallery, I like her loose style and bold colour and brushwork http://www.barbarakarn.co.uk