The Question is… is my work cheap looking?
Today in the group crit, I did get some positive feedback from fellow full-time and part-time classmates in which I thought helped me to think about developing my latest print work. Although… However I did get a comment from one of my tutors about my 4 prints looking cheap because of the way they look like they have been churned out for mass production. But I think that is what printing is all about isn’t it? Once you have the master plate or silkscreen you can then churn out as many as you want in additions of 10/10 or more. But wait a minute? artists have to survive and get paid for the hours and materials involved in making their work right?
So why is it so bad that I start churning out 10 of the same image in a quick range of time? If it means getting my shadow and light detail for my images to show more then I will choose to print through silkscreen instead of doing the old school etchings. I wanted to adapt to some new method and quickest ways in printing out high textured detail of sceneries and objects. This is what I want to do and I will adapt from here on and will not change my printing methods at all… My work is cheap in front of everyone that I know in the room so I guess I will now take a break from there a while and put my thinking cap on.
Reflecting back in the last post I have stated what I had to do to make these images become a reality and out of 1000’s of china visited photographs, I have had to go through selecting some of the most appropriate images for the latest Pretty’s exhibition… I am not a person to recognitionise myself that I have worked hard and did a great job for the work… It is not for the brits to give too much recognition to someone that has worked hard in the process so I do not expect that from anyone. but After all of the processes and waiting that I done for a whole month in planning this, it feels as though it is now a cheap production and a waste of time if that makes sense?…
What to do next?
Not a clue at this minute but I will think about perhaps playing with more than one layer of the same scenic image……I will still maintain to submit my work in frames for Pretty’s Exhibition in order to get some research and thoughts about my curative exhibition project.
Reflecting back to my old etching Called Chinese Venice
