What printing works have I chosen to exhibit in Pretty’s?
Print 1 – By The Waters 8
- Now the reason why I wanted to include this image as my first choice, is because I have had so many moments by the water on all my travels around China. This scene in particular was my first by the waters scene in China that I went to visit with my girlfriend called the West Lake in Huang Zhou. I wanted to edit this in photoshop in a way that it looks like a fading memory trace.
- The sunlight catches the water and trees nicely after it has been edited and looks like a fading memory trace in a way that it looks like the image is vanishing away. This was exactly how I wanted it to look and because I have done scenes before using black ink, I want to be able to go back to my old printing ways again when I done that Chinese Venice.
Print 2 – The Family Circle
- I chose this image in particular because of how this archway within this scene gives off a narrative which is also symbolic. The archway gives off a clue into family like of how Chinese families are bound in this type of circle shape and is something that it widely known in Spring Festival time.
- Spring Festival is the most celebrated Chinese time in the year where family come together for a while and eat a lot of snacks and dinner together around a very big marble or wooden table and therefore is like The Family Circle. So because I have experienced this time many times, I wanted to add this image as this means alot to me in a way that it just symbolizes home and Family around a circle spending time together.
Print 3 – Pots, People And More Pots
- I was on my travels in the countryside when I came across some mysterious looking wine urns made from terracotta. There were so many of these terracotta urns that it reminded me of so many people bundles together which also reminded me of so many Chinese people drinking together. I thought that this image had a good patterned approach to it and is like a narrative of many people drinking together so I had to include this image as my third choice.
Print 4 – Chinese And English Tea Party
- I had to include this nicely lined almost like abstract style image which a memory trace of me and my girlfriend’s family having a tea party. This tea party consisted of English style tea bags with Chinese milk and we drinked it using a Chinese rice bowel so hence why I called it Chinese And English Tea Party. I thought that this image would be very ideal as my fourth image because of the way it gives a great abstract feel to it which is perfectly in good contrast of black and white.
What will I do next?
So now that I have chosen my 4 prints very wisely, I will now try to see Carol Grant who is our arts curator of the university and will show her what I want to exhibit. Once I have done this, she and other people will assess everyone’s work and choose what ones will be most acceptable. With any luck they will accept my pieces of work to be shown for the Spring and Summer seasons and should also have the chance to make some more cash. There will also be a cash prize of £100 for the winner with the most appropriate piece of work to show, Fingers crossed it will be me although I am always a confident person so eager for success!
