Collagraph attempts from last years City & Guilds Level 3 printmaking course.
Things certainly got busy last year; I accidently on purpose did a printmaking course. As it turned out it was quite a' kick up the pants' if I can say that.
One of my first themes was around portraiture in this age of digital media; exploring my curiosity with the selfie in intaglio print.
Even in 2010 when I initially took the photographs used in my study I had noticed how aware of the selfie my Children were.They constantly took photo's of themselves in order to post them on social media.
I am pleased to say they have passed that potentially worrying stage.
So 'naturally' I explored it myself online and then finally in printmaking.
The original Collagraph plate for 'Selfie' displayed with textural and
colour studies in my sketch book from Nov 2013
'Selfie' one of my artists proof Collagraph prints. The background worked nicely
however the face did not due to possibly applying an inappropriate texture to the plate.
