Daisies

 

 I started researching what type of symbols are used for innocence of children / childhood, and the main one that I came across was daisies. I took some photos of them and worked with them to screen print.

 

 

 

 

 This is the final image I went with

 

 

I screened a bright yellow onto various types of paper: white fabriano, card, handmade paper and tissue paper.

 

This is the reverse of the green tissue paper. I love the way the tissue paper has soaked the ink in different areas.

 

 

I then reversed the area to be printed on photoshop and loaded the image onto the screen. I then printed the daisies in black - to imply innocence being destroyed.

Teddy in the Window

 

Next I went out taking photos in derelict buildings that I could get in to. I took some toys with me to use as props if I didn't come across any that were actually left there. I'll upload the various photos I took in a separate post, but wanted to show the photo I decided to use for the bitmap silkscreen image.

 

Firstly I printed a plain background, pale pink. I then screened the bitmap image.

I'm really happy with it.

Child's Cooker - Silkscreen

 

For my new project I've chosen to work with the theme of violence against children, more so from the child's point of view. I've been researching more in to the reports compiled regarding this subject, and obtaining first hand thoughts and experiences.

 

I went out and about taking some photos and came across this particular object. It's a child's cooker unit which was left against an old wall. I think the moss and water damage works well with this image.

 

 

I used this photo for a silkscreen print.

 

This is the final print on the wall. I needed to work a little more with the contrast of tones before printing, but overall I'm happy with how it turned out.

 

 

I later had worked with text and screened them on some of my prints.

 

 

Drawing Project Part Deux

For the next step in the Drawing Project I decided to go along the same theme of working with children's clothes, and also the concept of splashing of paint and letting the wind do the work. I got some paint and mixed it with water to make it spread easier, a tray and some clothes (bibs and a dress)




Next I placed a large sheet of paper under the washing line




I dipped the clothes in paint and spun the washing line



The is was the result of the spinning

I then sprayed the paint with some salt water


I then hung the paper up on the line to dry



Next I cut out templates of clothes and placed them on the painted paper, and then cut them out



I then drew onto the cut outs. Here's some of what I came up with:



Next I hung them up onto the washing line and phtographed them







I really enjoyed this project!!!

Printing Building Blocks

I wanted to try making my own building blocks that I could print onto children's clothes. I obtained letters and numbers and printed them out. On the reverse of the page I drew out the outline of the images (to use the reverse with printing onto clothes). I rubbed one side with charcoal, placed it on a 2 inch block which I cut, and drew the outline of the numbers needed.





 I then cut these out with my woodcut tools. I repeated the process for "2006", "77" and "8"

 




Next, I obtained some babygrows and inked up the blocks with paint and a roller and started printing.