PRINTMAKING

Accumulate and Disperse

Artist Statement.

For this project I simply looked into the words accumulate and disperse and created my own assumptions of what they mean to me personally. Most things we accumulate in life are for a purpose, so I decided to look at how another species, birds accumulate things for themselves in their natural habitat. Birds build up nests for themselves with a range of different materials and the nest itself could be seen as a collage, sculpture and a mixed media type of art. I wanted to show this through my work building up layers with different types of prints and materials worked in on top. Feathers were also a huge interest to me as they are very delicate, complex structures on their own. So I wanted to show the use of them slightly more than the other materials. I also wanted to look at the contrast of colours whilst experimenting with my prints as I think it’s important to work with different techniques to show different things.

Artists that inspire and influence.

LILY PANG

Artist Bio:-

Lily Pang is an artist that does illustration, original paintings, printmaking and develops art products such as laptop skins, art pendants, magnets and stationary. She aims to beautify your surroundings with useful functions.

 Although she uses most of her work for various different objects, I find her bright prints interesting enough on there own. She tends to look at nature and natural forms a lot which I like and will hopefully use within my own work. The main thing that attracted me to her work mostly is the bright colours. Its very eye catching and makes you question the pieces of art more. She has used an exaggerated contrast of colours that I think work very well. There is an obvious build up from these lino prints that add to the vivid effect of colours. You can see behind the flower piece that other colours are coming through. Her work defiantly Influences mine and I will experiment with colours throughout my work, also looking how colour compares to black and white prints.

JOHN DOUGLAS PIPER

Artist Bio:-

John Douglas Pier studied Drawing at the Wimbledon School of Art and then went on to pursue a BA in product and furniture design and Kingston University, a field in which he subsequently worked for more than a decade. But his true passion is Drawing. He pays close attention to the crafting of a line and of an object, so central to John's creative education and work, lends itself particularly well to the highly exacting medium of dry-point etching. He states, this is an unhurried process developed in the 15th-century and most suitable for the artists trained in drawing. John's dry-point etchings focus on the theme of British wildlife, on the flora and fauna native to out isles, and he has a delightful touch when capturing the pose and poise of his subjects.

As my project is relatively based around the nature and lifestyle of birds it was good for me to look into the work of John Douglas as his work focuses on British wildlife. John's work defiantly shows off his drawing skills well in his pieces and I feel that etchings are the best way to show that, as a form of printmaking. His work has a huge amount of detail to it which I'm attracted to. They almost just look like drawings themselves. The fact that they are done with black ink only, still makes them stand out just like colour prints because there is so much detail. After looking at Johns work, I will attempt to create etchings and mono prints that capture a lot of detail.