First Prints.

Here are a select few of my first prints. At first, I was completely basing the prints on the images of light i had taken and trying to recreate similar effects through print. However, when I began I didnt know much about the media and I didnt know the extent to which I would enjoy it. I've been working with photography and video for so long now it feels so much more creative and liberating to be working with what feels like a much more creative practise. Also, it is unpredictable and I often gain effects and contrasts that are unexpected, however also successful.

I have now become much more confident with the media, i feel that the pieces now can also relate to other themes such as memory and recreation. Nothing ever comes out exactly as I plan it too, it is often not inked enough, or too much, or smudged. Therefore I can link this to how an artist plans to create a piece butr how the process in between can change this.

Gallery attempt 3.

So, we have finally found a space to show in. There was a large group at uni still looking for members to join to exhibit at Liverpool Aademy of Art. So we joined this group. The title for the exhibition is Relationships and we have just chosen the layout and design for the invitations (above) which we are going to hand out asap. I feel this title fits in very well with my work as it is about the relationship to an image we plan to create and what we do create throuh the process of print.

I went to see the space last week and was very impressed with it. It is absolutely huge and although bare at the moment perfect for a full and bustling exhibition.

Gallery attempt 2.

Next, we decided to look at the Liverpool Centre for Art Development on Brownlow Hill mainly because they were offering it for no money after the shock of the Curve gallery price. We were greeted by a couple of very friendly and cheery ladies who enthusiastically showed us around. However, it was not at all what we were looking for as it had no real empty wall space, there was a lot of plugs and fittings all over the walls and it was a bit of a strange layout so we decided against that one also.

Gallery attempt 1.

Our mission this term has been to find a setting for and set up our own exhibition. Sounded easy but no it hasn't been. At first 4 of us decided to group up, as we could bring all our work together under one title. Then we started looking for a gallery which would allow us to exhibit when we needed to and for a reasonable price.
At first we looked at curve allery, it looked great on the interenet and seemed to be perfect size etc. But then we asked about the price ......... £400.
http://www.curvegallery.co.uk/index.php?subj=1
It is a really nice space and we were being offered a proper opening night with food and drink but we are students so that was a no no.

Prints.

So, I have been working on prints recently, simply using lino and using the images below as a starting point. The process really interests me as it creates completely unpredictale pieces which can be manipulated and experimented with phsically during the process. I have cut into lino creating quite abstract pieces in preparation. At first, I was creating prints trying to make them look like the image completely, however as my experimentation has gone on I am less and less interested in the original image and more and more interested in basic brush strokes and movements and the actual proess. I want to show this chane of attitude in my piece as it is raw and open and creative in itself. It sort of took over my original idea. I have sort of become addicted to the ink and the strong contrasting images it creates. It just seems bolder yet simpler than any painting or drawing or photoraph to me personally. I think (at the moment) I would like to create a piece which sort of explains the proccess to an audience and shows how versatile it is. However, at the same time I would like to think about the relationship between the original image and what we plan to create, and how the process actually leads this and can completely manipulate it.