Easter Holiday
My new wood has arrived, however I am
having some trouble with it warping. It
took a whole day of sanding to make the wood flat enough, fingers crossed it
doesn’t warp any more. I like having
deadlines and planning my work, but I don’t always allow for things to go wrong.
I have been told that wood dries out
from the edges so I must seal the ends with varnish as soon as I can. I am also worried that the large carvings will
not print successfully as I have not printed with wood this large before. I
am really hoping to finish all the carving before we start again next
term. It feels like a huge risk leaving
all the printing to the last few weeks. I just hope I do not encounter any
further technical problems. I need to
decide on a colour scheme and start preparing paper, as I have found in the
last project takes a really long time.
I started carving the smallest block
first as I remember from the last project my carving improves with
practice. I am using a wider range of
tools now and learning how to use them in different ways, for example I can
make more uneven lines by using the v shape tool on its side. I find
it useful to work on several blocks at once so I can leave a carving and come
back to it with fresh eyes so I stop focusing on a particular part and look at
the imagine as a whole and do my best to image what it will look like as a print.
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| Tracing my drawing onto the wood |
Bryan
Nash Gill uses sections
of tree trunks to make his relief prints.
Every type of tree has its own unique markings that tell a story of its
life. This is such a simple idea, but
extremely effective.
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