Growth and Form Prints

For my second self-initiated mini print project I decided to play about with screen printing bolder shapes than usual and using different materials to block the screen. Since last term I've been dipping in and out of D'Arcy Thompson's On Growth and Form, a textbook on mathematical biology which is a surprisingly good read, I promise... Anyway there are some really interesting points of inspiration about design in nature which I picked up on and decided to make some prints relating to structure in leaves so I poached a couple from a bush on campus, sourced a piece of netting from a satsuma box, and played about with some monoprints:

I love the simple almost photographic tonal quality of these prints and decided to incorporate the monoprint method into my final screen prints.

Little Boats

To get myself back into the printmaking workshop I set myself a couple of wee print projects during the Pole Tay Pole project. I wanted to do more with the lino boats I had made so decided to experiment with a bit of colour as I'm usually lazy and just use black.

Not exactly reinventing the wheel but I liked playing about with repetition and composition and I love the simplicity of these prints!