December 4, 2009 by Andi Chapple
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composition, colour, Cumbria, Lancaster, screenprint, print, overprint
I got the third of the three two-circle compositions printed up this morning:
I recut the stencils because I didn't think last week's were quite even enough. I still haven't suficiently recovered from using a computer to enjoy the unevenness of hand-made things ...
It's always nice to change direction, and I enjoyed the afternoon, which I spent exploring very thin colours. I took a small amount of the morning's green paint and mixed it with a lot of the transparent acrylic medium to give a lovely thin and luminous print which gradually took on intensity as you overprinted it. I was just using a straight-edged piece of cellophane as a stencil, moving it about all the time, and everything was still coming out as landscapes ...
I tried grouping the prints to see if something a little larger-scale and ambitious suggested itself. Not yet, but I will keep trying. Next time I want to develop this with (what a surprise) compositions using circles ...
Hi Andy,
thanks for the insight into your practice! I find it interesting to watch your thoughts and ideas develop in such a disciplined and methodical way - a total contrast to my own, haphazard way of working. One day, I will remember to take a camera into the studio to document my progress but until then, I will enjoy watching how you try to find a resolution in the work! Thanks, Nicola Powys
Nicola Powys 893 days ago
hi Nicola -thanks for your comment. it's nice to know that someone has found what I'm writing useful, I thought I was going on a bit too much really but on the other hand it's nice to think out loud, it makes the working-out process count for a bit more when you know you are in public with it. looking at your work makes me wish I had a bit more spontaneity and freedome about mine, you can sort of tell it's the product of a methodical process! ah well ... cheers, Andi
Andi Chapple 893 days ago