FMP.

     Currently working on another piece to pair up with this one and some other bits and pieces (objects, drawings, tattoos, stickers) to go alongside.

     Hoping to print this piece and its counterpart in a couple different colourways on some fancy, possibly textured paper and whack them in some frames for the end-of-year exhibition in a few weeks.

Work in progress, fineline pen on paper.

Progress of sorts.

     I did a good chunk of screenprinting this week with very mixed results...

     My image printed onto acetate looking pretty good. I originally planned to print the image onto a denim jacket so this is how I hoped my screenprints would come out.

     Once it was on screen I did a few test runs on newsprint and they didn't turn out too bad other than the pigment wrinkling the paper.

     I decided to move onto thicker, higher-quality paper to eliminate the creasing, which worked.

I decided to try a two-colour print, which also worked.

However, the main bulk of the image didn't turn out as crisp as before.

     This was the best part of that particular print but since screenprinting by hand involves a fair bit of trial and error I thought it went okay.

     I decided to move onto calico before printing onto and potentially ruining a denim jacket. This is the best result I managed  to get out of about six attempts.

     And this is just awful. I think the contrast between solid blocks of colour and highly detailed areas were a bit much for the screenprinting process. That being said I did manage to get a couple of decent outcomes and managed to learn a lot from the day and a half I spent in the printroom.

By the power of Greyskull!

and constructive criticism!

     Today, with my hands, I put the final touches on my Age UK work and then, with a computer and the aid of somebody else's hands, neatened it all up a bit. I'm actually quite pleased with how it turned out in the end which is mainly down to a group crit I was a part of. I usually feel like I don't get anything from them other than more work to do but this time something clicked; I got helpful/ insightful feedback and by paying attention to it was able to improve my work. Awesome.
     Here it is anyway, in all it's digital glory:

You Know Nothing - Inspired by the life of Wilf.