I’ve been finding writing this blog a struggle of late. It’s quite difficult to write about work in a chatty, conversational way, when it’s been a bit of a low patch, work-wise. However, I generally feel better if I’m active and doing something, so as far as this blog is concerned, I’m going to try something new. Namely, I’m going to try an experiment in writing little and often, pushing through the down times, rather than writing long essays when I’m on the upwards run of the rollercoaster. Starting now.
So, attached to this post are a couple images from a sunny day last week. (Yes, there was one. Promise). Lee’s given me some larger litho plates which I was therefore able to expose. I got a bit excited about these – the sun was bright, that when it reflected off a tin and a CD case, it seemed to make a sort of 3D impression on the wall. I’ve no idea how this will work on the plate, but that’s kind of what I like about this work – neither of us know how it’ll work out, and it’s all a bit of guess work. I want to work with some colour when it comes to making the actual prints, rather than keeping them monotone (as the tester prints from my previous post are) When the sun shines through the curtains in our bedroom, they glow this sort of Technicolor yellow, like the kind of saturated richness associated with early colour film. I want to get some of this richness and depth into these prints, continuing the filmic, camera references.
