I printed at home today, I have yet to go to the press. I got some advice regarding printing and more or less took it. Thanks Daniel. These prints were enjoyable to print and I had no sense of tragedy after they were done. I have decided to live with the imperfections of the hand print. The light green is a bit harsh but I really liked the darker grey green that I used instead of opening up the tin of harsh carbon black. I have cut the print with the woman a lot since the last time I posted. I plan to print the two colour print again with a more muted underneath colour. Also the Hosho (Melbourne Etching supplies) I used worked well for the single colour. I used a Zerkall paper for the two colour. It was OK but the coverage was not perfect ofcourse with little flecks of white instead of the velvet coverage I can get with a press.
I know what you mean about the little flecks of white, but some people really go for the 'less than perfect' prints - they seem to have an added dimension to them.
ReplyDeleteyes and I think I shall become one of them. The German Expressionists used to appeal to me when i was a lot younger and one thing I remember about an exhibition that came to Australia called "rough cuts" was their rough and ready approuch to final prints. Artschool taught me neurotic perfectionism that I cannot seem to replicate without a press. Actually I think I am starting to see the perfect print as a metaphor for all my neurosis! If I can love an imperfect print maybe I will have a better life. Ah yes.... quite crazy!
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear some of the advice helped! I, like you, strive for perfection, but have learned to accept some of life's little imperfections as a way of reminding myself that I am not perfect.
ReplyDeleteI can jump on the band wagon. My perfectionism predates my art. I find when I fiddle too much I can lose the life of an image. So here's to being imperfect!
ReplyDeleteI love the textures you created, Georgina. The layering is also very economical, and maybe time has just been passing fast for me but it seems you got this print done very quickly. What I really like is the interaction of the bottom right water splash with the reflection of the face - And now that I've been staring at the bottom third of the green version for so long, I am seeing another, animal face - if you look only at the reflection, as an upright, animal face, with some type of cat or dog nose. When I was zoomed out I didn't see it but when I was only looking at the bottom I got almost a wolf face. It's starting to remind me of old Egyptian hieroglyphs. I don't see it in the B/W version, only with the greens added, but that's pretty awesome looking. Anybody else seeing this?
ReplyDeletethanks for that comment. Interestingly in another print I considered putting in a wolfs face but decided not to. I also do like hiding a few things in prints and have done so, sometimes very few people see these things, but I have to admit what you see is not intentional on my part but I still like that it is working on you somehow. I think we do things subconsciously and 'good art' for me is often quite intinstive rather than intellectual.
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