Images.

Wall space in studio 3.

My desk and wall before I put up my prints.

Colours used in colour prints.

First attempt at making the milk carton shape in 3d form.

Print (etching) with tissue paper.

Blue ink and transperency to add colour.

Purple tissue paper adding colour to the etching.

Woodcut..faded at first attempt.

2nd attempt the ink came out much stronger.

Template for milk carton.

Acetate plates.

Me doing a woodcut.

Me etching my images on acetate.

Milk cartons!

After getting a lovely shelf made up by des i kind have an idea how my finished square is going to look on thursday! I have printed out images of missing people onto milk cartons and the plan is to assemble them all tomorrow! I will them put them on the shelf. I experimented with some colour prints today..i liked the contrast of the black burqa on some of the vibrant colours such as the pink. So i decided to print a pink milk carton. Im not sure if i will use it yet though! Today was the last day to print so its mainlt technical notebook,comtextual and sketchbook from now until thursday!

No camera!

My camera wont upload photos...i will try again tomorrow..:(

Ranking - week two!

So far I am really happy with how this week is going. I got a lot of images printed up monday and yesterday and I was happy with them. This week im doing etching which I def prefer to litho..but its prob just because I can work faster which I like. I started off with the burqa idea last week but im developing it further placing the image on milk carton. I kliked how my etching print came out yesterday and also a small woodcut that i did. Today we cant use the workshop so I decided to get my essay finished so its one less thing to be doing mext week :) I will gey some images up next week hopefully if i ever find the charger for my camera! :O

Introduction to lithography!

This week we were introducted to the process involved in lithography! Monday began with showing us how to grind down our stones - very theraputic :) I was meant to grind my stone down to be ready to start on my image tuesday morning but the queue was very long so I didnt get that done until yesterday after break! So i am kind of behind..but I talked to des yesterday evening so i know what image im starting on first thing in the morning! Im still sticking to my idea of the burqa but im going to combine it with the idea of missing person on a milk carton! It needs more development at the moment though..i need to draw out my idea! Lithography takes a lot longer than any of the print processes i have done before. Drypoint,mono and woodblocks are a lot quicker. Litho has a lot of steps to it which will make is it hard to get used to but the faster I get started now the better! Ilike how lithography turns out..its very soft and looks slightly like watercolour which suits my sketches. Im looking forward to getting started on it. :)

Lecture!

I just realised that I missed a talk this morning on the techniques we will be doing next week because I was at my tutorial...Hopefully I didnt miss too much because the workshops are starting next monday.

Shirin Neshat!!

 'women of allah' - Shirin Neshat.

There is a palpable energy in Shirin Neshat's photographs, an almost tangible seduction obviating the violence it borders, deeply rooted in the historical culture she would ultimately have to call "home."
As an artist living in New York and form there addressing a global audience, Shirin Neshat quietly corrodes the most violent metaphysical imperative assumptions about the nature and function of an "Islamic" femininity.
Enduring assumptions of what constitutes an "Islamic woman" are at once domestic to that culture and colonially crafted on it. With a singular strike of creative genius, Shirin Neshat manages to target both of these divergent yet colliding agents.
The history of Shirin Neshat's bodily portrayals of this "Islamic woman" is the unwritten chronicle of a mute and concealed femininity. Her photographs show and tell what has been forbidden to show and tell.
That she manages to do this without violating the bodily codes of an "Islamic woman" marks the site of her creative imagination.