Clare gave the Fine Arts students a very compelling introduction to the print in our first pathway session on Thursday. The idea of a print is an impression, and contact is the central mechanism of the process.
We experimented with ink and the press to investigate the different types of marks that are possible and their effects on different types of paper, with . masks. We also worked with wet and dry embossing using a word that was relevant to our manifesto project.
The word that I chose to explore was Scroll, and I was interested in using embossing to explore the ephemeral nature of the gesture. However, going forward, I am much more interested in experimenting with what I can do to create the sensation of the gesture in the word itself.
Or, perhaps, I will just experiment with gesture alone and the impression that makes.
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