Beginnings

Mercurial [mer·cu·ri·al] adj.  1. Quick and changeable in temperament; volatile: "A mercurial temperament."

Sometimes I guess I can be slightly Mercurial.

( I decided that at the start of every entry I would use a word of the day, it was just something to perhaps reflect on, and also it added a little touch to each individual entry.)

So today was launchpad, and it has gone swimmingly. Okay so maybe Monday was really launch day but today feels like I've really got that foot in the first of many doors and it’s been quite productive. I started by compiling my notes and writing up what I planned to do for my FMP and after a while, decided to experiment with my printer, as this is an area I really want to explore. I looked through some of my images and printed out a rough poster that i was not very happy with and decided to then put it straight back in the machine and print another image over it. I took an image and began removing all the white background to create one of solid black shape that I could then reprint. The results were very satisfying and I continued to use this approach. 

I soon thought about what different papers I could use in my printer, surely if they were A4 sized (or there about) I could run these through the machine? It worked and really added something else to the images, I think this has many possibilities: I first used some old and worn paper I received from my grandfather and then moved onto the inside of large envelopes, I always had found their inner patterns interesting and to layer these with other images of mine was once again successful. I really enjoyed how the ink layered up and you could see and even feel the various textures and images, I was also thinking about the layers we use in photoshop and how I could print these individually, something to think about for the future.

I think the next step is to being building images for my sets of designs and then try translating this process in to the print room, using screen prints to emulate the effect and hopefully make some new discoveries.

Oh printing you are my mistress.

Here are some of examples achieved by running and re-running the same sheet throughout the printer for each separate layer.