The second week of 2D class was 4 hours of fun with our various mark-making and printing tools. I for one was very fascinated because I had never tried out the methods and techniques we were being taught prior to class that day.

Below are some of my experimentations:

After playing around with the different mark making tools, I found myself still drawn to keeping things simple. As someone who firmly believes in the principle “less is more”, I found beauty in simple single-directional strokes as seen above. These also created a filmstrip effect and I plan to explore and expand more and use this individual style for my assignment.

Another method which I found worked for me was manipulating the roller head. This created interesting patterns and shapes on my canvas that still maintained an organic and random feel. I personally like this way more than forced and structured prints.

This was my linocut design. I had always been fascinated by this method of printing but had never attempted it before. The print press machine did not give me a good result as most of the time it created a print that was too dark or scratched my paper (perhaps I had the knobs turned too tight). My result after manually pressing my print onto paper?

And experimenting with a stalk of flowers and adding texture using a fork on the “ocean” and “sky” portions 

All in all I learned a lot and was very inspired by this first hands-on workshop. Looking forward to learning more techniques and stretching my creativity.

Bring on the dark room!