In Today's workshops, I was first taking part in printmaking, creating a perspect to use for my final sculpture with jess. I came up with some design ideas in my sketchbook, which I didn't think worked very well, as I came up with the designs on my own and didn't use images to copy it.

Because of this I came up with another design, which I  researched from Renaissance patterns. I chose to use this as my final design, as it included more detail and because Caro was inspired by the Renaissance era; so it linked quite well.

 I then had to etch this onto perspect, however I only had half a day to complete printmaking as I had photography later on in the day. I found this difficult to mange my time as it was quite a difficult design to create. I had to place the perspect over the design and use a cutting tool to engrave the design.  This took quite some time to do, so by the time I was done, everyone else had already started printing, because of this I stayed in throughout dinner do that I didn't fall behind and completed 6 prints. I first had to place some ink on the surface, and use a piece of cardboard to scrape it down the perspect so that it was covered properly, I then had to use newspaper to buffer it so that the ink got into all the gaps, and place it under a roller with a piece of damp paper over the top, which when rolled through would print the design onto the material. These were some of the outcomes.

This is an example of printing onto wood, which I was going to do on my final piece however, the result wasn't what I'd hoped, therefore I might have to print onto either cotton or calico and glue this onto the Base of the sculpture.

This is an example of printing on paper, which worked better than printing on wood however, it isn't as clear is I wanted it to be, which may be because of the ink either being too thin or too thick.

This is the perspect that I created, which has already been inked and ready to be printed.

This is an example of printing on cotton, which I think worked better than printing on wood, and a little better than printing on paper as it looks clearer. This is the material I may use to print on and glue to the Base of my final piece.


Once I'd moved onto photography, I had to create a paper sculpture, which is another one of my weaker points, I first began cutting abstract shapes out of a a2 piece of paper and began to bend them back, however this didn't work very well so I decided to create another design and began to cut thin diagonal lines all way down the page. Once I'd finished cutting out the lines on the page, I began to mess around with it and try and fold it different ways, however due to the way I'd cut the paper, I had to have it hanging so I twisted it round so It looked like lots of hoops tsngled together and pinned it at each side.

We then began to use the equipment in the studio, changing the ISO levels and effect on the camera, to create different lighting and effects on the sculpture.