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Assignment 4, Project 1: Monoprinting, Project 1: Monoprinting - Exercise 4 - Working with stencils

MMT Assignment 4 - Monoprinting - Exercise Four - Working with stencils

For this exercise I chose two images from my sketchbook and earlier work, the spiral and the woven square; Spirals Acetate stencils I cut stencils from acetate sheet and plasticized paper, retaining both the positive and negative stencil pieces. I used acrylic paint, rolling onto a piece of glass with a brayer. The printing was […]

Assignment 4, Project 1: Monoprinting, Project 1: Monoprinting - Exercise 3 - Back drawing

For this exercise I used a glass plate to lay out acrylic paints and used a brayer to roll out the paint and also to roll over the paper. The paint was laid onto the plate and paper (or other media) was laid onto the plate. A variety of implements was then used to make […]

Assignment 4, Project 1: Monoprinting, Project 1: Monoprinting - Exercise 1 - Mark-making

For this exercise I chose acrylic paints and used and the glass from and old picture frame as the plate. I printed onto: Printer paper Previously printed printer paper (waste paper from failed/duplicate printing) Tumble dryer sheets Wet wipes Cartridge sketchbook paper Coloured scrapbook paper Undyed calico fabric Brown wrapping paper Aluminium foil For the […]

Assignment 4, Project 1: Monoprinting, Project 1: Monoprinting - Exercise 2 - Drawing onto the printing plate

MMT Assignment 4 - Monoprinting - Exercise Three - Drawing on the plate

For this exercise I selected a number of images from earlier exercises – the fungi and concertina-folded paper from folding and crumpling, the base of the vase from the casting and moulding project, woven sample from wrapping and two simple drawings from sketchbook work. Fungi I used a credit card to create the ridges of […]

5th January 2017Written by dtomkiesocammt

Project 1 – Moulding from a surface – Wool felt

For this sample I selected a range of wool and other fibres to create a felted piece. Some of the fibres were chosen as being specifically feltable (wool) and others not (synthetic). The purpose being to see how the different fibres affected the outcome of the piece. I anticipated that there would be additional texturing […]

Project 1 – Moulding from a surface – Soft form pearl relief paste

Relief paste was also something I experimented with in Assignment Two where I used it with a stamp and bubble wrap to create very successful impressions. I mixed relief paste with Brusho for colour, keeping the colours marbleised by not over-blending. I spread the paste thickly over a heavily textured glass vase. The remaining paste […]

Assignment Three - Moulding from a surface - Golden light moulding paste

I had enjoyed using moulding paste in Assignment Two and I thought it would be interesting to work with to created moulded surfaces. I tried 3 samples: On synthetic fabric, with lace and using a stamp onto bondaweb. The paste was coloured with Brusho. None of the samples was particularly interesting. The paste wasn’t firm […]

Assingment Three - Moulding from a surface - PVA and fabric

For this sample I used an old plastic bowl which I covered in clingfilm to assist with removing the finished moulding. After cutting strips of waste lace fabric from an old curtain I applied the fabric to the mould using dilute PVA. To make the piece more interesting, I added Brusho to the PVA, varying […]

Assignment Three - Moulding from a surface - Air-drying clay

For this exercise I organised a range of materials to make impressions on/embed in air-drying clay. The clay is natural grey and does not obviously lend itself to colouration (possibly painting post-drying?). For the first samples I therefore selected remnants of a rough cotton rug warp in a natural stone colour to harmonise with the […]

24th July 2016Written by dtomkiesocammt

Project one comprises the following exercises: Golden light moulding paste PVA and fabric bowl Soft form pearl relief paste Air-drying clay Wool-felt