Put your Hands on!

I asked every one in the class to make their hand print onto their chosen sheet of handmade paper and it made an interesting design which I will be putting on to canvas later

Intaglio and Monoprinting

For my creative practice project I have been experimenting using Intaglio and Mono printing using handprint silhouettes taken from a positive and negative space print I found on the internet.

I have been playing around with tissue paper different inks and linear forms.So far I am pleased with the results I have been achieving.

Palmistry Art

Tantric illustraion relating to palmistry. Rajasthan, probably Mewar, circa 1820-40. Opaque watercolour with gold and silver on wasli. 15.2 x 10.2cm

As I have said before, but now looking deeper into my project....My PDP.... For my Brief I have decided to use ‘ Hands’ as my theme ,basing the idea on ‘Palmistry’, The lines on our hands can often be like the rings on a tree trunk, indicating our roots, our abilities and character traits  and our destinys. I am going to explore the human hands and the mark we as artists leave on the world in a colourful and explorative way. I will be focussing on the shape, lines and forms of the hands ,and hopefully creating an exciting and visually interesting piece.

I would like to make multiple hand shaped prints on handmade paper,and experiment with Batik dyeing and using inks to create unique and different effects. I would like to take handprints from volunteers in our class , friends and family.and print them onto handmade paper using perspex and using monoprint. The mediums I would like to experiment with are oils, acrylics,gouache ,printmaking, dyeing ,batik, handmade paper and collage.

Looking at patterns for batik..

Amazing..

Eric Standley's laser cut designs depict stained glass windows and are hugely intricate! He spends months planning, designing, drawing and assembling his works of art. He says his inspiration comes from Gothic & Islamic architecture in what he calls "Joke Math".

Seeking inspiration for our new creative practice project...

"I am responsible for what I see.
I choose the feelings I would experience, and I decide upon the goal I would achieve. And everything that seems to happen to me
I ask for, and receive as I have asked."~A Course in Miracles

[art by Sue Wookey]

PLP 'Hands of Time' Experimenting with Batik

                                                                                                                                                                                For our next project I am going to be experimenting with Batik, for my theme ;' Hands of Time'
Batik is the art of using wax and inks to create interesting  and colourful designs.

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