TASK: USING WORK PRODUCED FROM THE RESIDENTIAL, MUSEUM OR GROUP PROJECTS AS A STARTING POINT, EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITIES OF MARK MAKING THROUGH THE TECHNIQUE OF MONO PRINTING. PRODUCE A SERIES OF PRINTS THAT EXPLORE A VARIETY OF TECHNIQUES AND MATERIALS, EXPERIMENT WITH TECHNIQUE, COLOUR, SURFACE AND BACKGROUND. THE PRINTS PRODUCED NEED TO EXPLORE THE IDEA OF REPRODUCING A PRIMARY PHOTOGRAPH, DRAWING, PAINTING, PIECE OF TEXT, OBJECT ETC. USING THE PROCESS, TECHNIQUE AND MATERIALS IN A CREATIVE MANNER.
I based my mono prints design on my section of the scratch film. I worked from a photograph I had taken of my mark making on the 16mm film, and traced the shapes. We used oil based inks and spread a thin layer onto a board with a
roller, then used a piece of scrap paper to remove the excess ink. Then we put whatever material we wanted to print on, on to the board, followed by the image we were tracing from on top.
Once the materials had been arranged, you had to carefully trace the top image with a pencil, however as the ink marked wherever pressure was applied, you had to avoid touching the image. This would transfer the image directly onto the material, then you could print the negative onto a second piece, however more ink had to be applied after two prints, and the image re-traced.
