2012년 12월 12일 수요일

Printmaking








I took very long time with design. First, I thought about doing animals, then human. Animals were too same and humans were not really fun but no different than Pop-Artist, Andy Warhol. Designing parts was a long process. Finally I came up with tiger with pattern and a general riding a horse. I just didn't plan the whole design of the block but made it as I was carving or transferring the design on the block. 

Carving wasn't that easy as I thought. It took two or three days. My arms got numbed. I needed to take breaks in between. After inking, I printed on the paper. 
I found printing parts the most difficult because if I put too much ink on the block, the fine details will be clogged up and be disappeared. After proof-printing, I had to make some corrections. It was fun. I wanted to do them on the black ink but the bookstore was out of black color; therefore, I just bought brown. 
Printing making was the funnest assignment of this semester because I've get to create as much as i want and can give it to people as a present!! 


Mask


Media: Wet clay (Columbia Red), many ceramic tools, acrylic colors, addable 3D media, etc

I was very concerned about textures on the surface of the mask because I know that once I make a pattern I wouldn't be able to change after it's fired. I was just concerned how would the texture be united to all the other parts of the mask to be one artistic mask. I really thought over and over again. Also, shapes of eyes, noses, and mouth was difficult to choose. Every time I try something new, I wanted to incorporate everything in the mask but I couldn't. I had so many ideas that would make my mask work greatly; however, I was a little sad that I could choose only one style for my mask. Putting every details in one mask will be too complicated so that it wouldn't be nice. Wet clay also made it difficult to working on the back of the clay to make hangers. Wet clay just sat down after I flip it. Some textures were crushed down also. My design was set when I found out scale-like texture. I made up my mind to create Avatar-like character mask. Something like merman. I didn't mean to make my mask so scary because I know that it would be scary at night.