Images of My two prints submitted as part of the group portfolio for the final year BA Hons Fine Art students this year, 2021. Submission of 30 limited edition prints, made using the Riso print machine at the university.
Left: ‘Roobarb’ (2021) Riso Print, Elgin Thwaites
Right: ‘Blue Razz’ (2021) Riso Print, Elgin Thwaites
I really enjoyed the process of making these, Initially i was unsure of what i would make for this project as i do not usually work with prints. However, I had taken some close up images of my work on polystyrene ‘Suspense in Yellow’ (2020) which i decided to play around with on photoshop.
Initially i work on them in black and white, the original image distorted and bitmapped. I then zoomed into different areas of the and drew on them to make the ‘Roobarb’ print. I liked this process and it was comparable to the ink drawings I made in L5. I then decided i would like a gradient behind the ‘Roobarb’ print which would allow the colours to play off each other.
I played around with the colours available at the time and decided I liked the yellow and blue for the ‘Blue Razz’ print. I also decided to go with the yellow and pink as I liked the way they were so vibrant on the off-white paper. After playing around with the paper for the ‘Blue Razz’ print I decided I would go with the off-white paper for both prints.
27/05/2021 – Finalising and signing the prints today was really great. I decided on the titles to reflect their bright, sugary sweet colour ways.
I came up with the title for the portfolio, ANOMALY. I liked Shauna’s suggestion of a new normal, but I wanted to play off this, using the fact that this year has certainly been different to any other year I’ve experienced (and we, as a group). So I had a think and played around with some titles but came up with ANOMALY which was agreed on by the group. Finishing this has been a great achievement for all of us and a really clever way for us to remember our time together at the UOS.
