What ideas was I exploring?
- I am looking into what separates commercial art from fine art and I came up with mass production/focus on communication v.s. the one off/ artists touch; form for forms sake. I am continuing this exploration into how the different art forms are valued differently and the relationship between value and status. I am looking specifically into the role that authenticity plays in how art is valued and this idea of the one off. I used a photograph which I took of a mountain, which looks quite like clip art - a very reproducible image and looked at how far I had to push it to make it one off.
- I thought that the images (second to last), where I allowed chance to make the marks are really interesting. Here, I printed the photograph onto newsprint, so that the ink wouldn't dry properly and left it in my bag for a couple days. This was interesting because although the images are now one offs, there is no sense of the hand of the maker - key to the valuation of art.
- I also think that the mono prints are interesting because as much as I tried I could never get the same image twice, even though I was tracing the photograph. All of the results are truly one off. I love also the delicacy of the line in contrast to the fuzzy misprinted ink. I would love to work with it again. I think that with some practice I could create some really interesting results. I would also like to try working with the oil based inks in the print room (I had lots of problems with the dying time of water based ink).
- I am so glad that I didn't just stick to using mono print as I think that each of the different uses of media make you think about my concept in a slightly different way.
- I was very tempted to add text to some of my images but I am so glad that I didn't. I think that the images speak well on their own and my concept is communicated clearly. I also like the repetition of the layout across the many pages. Adding text would have disrupted this.
- I think that I could have chosen a better image to work from. I struggled to create depth within this image because of where lights and darks lay - I did not like the big white mountain at the front. I think that maybe if I had chosen a more simplistic image (maybe of a single mountain?) I could have been more experimental with what media I used. I wanted to play with leggo and food and other three dimensional media but there was just too much going on.
- I think that I could have done more mono printing (I wish that I had left more space). I really like how they look as a series and I think that there was a lot more room for experimentation with this media. I could have tried using different drawing tools, paper, line/tone etc.
- Now that I have finally finished my book I need to start thinking about who all of my ideas link together and how this related back to my initial quote. Eesshh - maybe do some mind mapping?
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