woodblock reduction print, 3 layers.
i guess this image probably doesnt make much sense to you, so i will explain.
for another class, i had to photocopy different objects and things, and crop them to make abstract images, scan them on the computer, and draw over them in illustrator using the pen tool to create a translation.
illustrator pen translation of photocopy of tape. (ive misplaced the actual photocopy for the time being, sry. but its basically the same only grainier.. also its this copy is a photo of a copy that was in my sketch book, sry)
so i was thinking about how photocopies are really similar in concept to the prints im making... and decided that i would draw them out, to transfer them to woodblock prints.
prelim drawings to transfer to woodblocks. (sorry about the funny angle, the flash made a huge glare on the graphite.) the one on the left (already completed) will be the middle print in the triptic series. i havent drawn out the first yet, and i dont have an illustrator translation for the first and third image. however, both are sourced from the same series of photocopies. mabie someday i will post the actual project that i handed in.
in short i wanted to explore the possible variations in a translation... what is gained and what is lost from the "aura" of an original image or work..(and how do we know its an original?) how variations change the visual impact of the image, and how the placement of the image (alone, in the series, with the photocopies/ other translations) changes and contributes to what the viewer takes from the image.
its interesting doing this project in print, bc there is alot of variation from print to print... none of them have been perfectly consistant... (which is due both to the nature of the woodblock, and to the fact that this is my first time printing in layers)
anyways. there is alot more, but only so much can be said in one blog. its more of a discussion i think.
au reviour!
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