28th Nov- 2nd December 2016
Working from the layers within my paper prints, I created
four screen designs, each with a different texture. As most of my work has been
textured/surface design based I wanted to add other botanical motifs. Due to
the chaotic nature of my previous paper prints, I thought simple line drawings
of exotic plants would be the best way to achieve a body of motifs.
Fig. 4
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| “Leaves, Ile St. Louis” (1950) by Ellesworth Kelly |
Exploring
the line drawing work of Ellesworth Kelly, I started drawing from exotic plants
I found and photographed to create simple motifs for a different screen design
to juxtapose with the other textured screen designs as seen in fig. 5.
Fig. 5
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| Screen Designs |
Working with pink, green and black reactive dyes I started
working in the print room with no preparation or plan as to composing my
prints. As I have not practiced screen printing for around 7 months, my day
screen printing became more experimental, layering screens to build the
textures and getting myself back into the routine of screen printing as a
whole. This slow start added with no preparation meant my production of prints
was inefficient, however not completely wasted as I learnt preparation was key
for next time and got accustomed to working safely in the print room again.
Fig. 6
My print samples as seen in fig.6 portrays the exploration
of different techniques which I wanted to use due to my absence in the print
room for so long. For example, puff binder was used, however it is not an
appropriate technique to use when considering beach wear. On the other hand,
maybe the use of devore could be a lighter, more suitable technique to use for
a beach wear context. The colour in the print samples are also not honourable
to the exotic, tropical jungle theme for my beach wear project and therefore, I
will spend time mixing colours to get them right next week in order to create
more refined screen print samples.
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