binding ties monoprint 20.75x15.75
The following four posts are pieces I made in my printmaking class. Just about everything we've done has been a big departure from my usual mode of image making. I am very much a planner, and so I generally do not embrace spontinaeity until after I have a compositional structure in mind. Very rarely are my paintings and drawings done on the fly. However, in my printmaking class, we are encouraged to build the image as we lay the different elements down. Although this process has caused me some frustration at times, letting go of that control and working as you go can bring about some interesting results that may have otherwise not been produced. In most of these prints, risks were taken that would have been avoided had I planned it out. Some of them have some craftsmanship issues such as improper registration and variable clarity in the pronto plate pieces, but for the most part I like them. I think breaking from the norm is a good way for me to push myself (and be pushed) in order to see different ways of making work and solving the various problems that come along.