Photolithos

Friday- Friday (1//21, 2010)

This week I dedicated my time to experimenting with different possibilities of printmaking.  I decided that I wanted to see what the photographs of building blocks would look like if I transferred them onto a photolitho plate.  I originally wanted to use my drawings of the blocks, but when I transferred them to the milar, the images were too light and would not have created a clear image.  Amanda also suggested that I use the photographs and then possibly draw on top of them to make them more of my own.  I really like this idea and decided that I would begin by making a plate of just the photographs and then possibly go back later and create a second plate with my own marks.

I began by choosing two of the most successful photographs of my building blocks.  I then printed them to a milar and created a photolitho plate from the images.  Black ink seemed to be the obvious color that I would print in, since I felt that by adding another color I would be adding another unnecessary layer of meaning to my images.  I began to print my images and my plate began to fill with ink very quickly.  I tried to make as many images as I could before I had to stop printing and I plan to try printing more images of the plate this weekend. 

I also would like to see if I could create another plate with my own hand drawn marks.  For Tuesday I hope to have more images of my photolitho plate and possibly make a collage to see whether I should expand the images or not.  I will also see if the images hold up when they are cut into different shapes. 

(20 hours)

For Next Week…

Finish another photolitho plate

Experiment with the images and figure out the best layout and cropping

Sketch more

And… possibly… start to cut into a wood block