The zinc plate hasn't scanned in as well as the steel ones did because of it's mirror like surface, although I feel like this adds something to plate, showing how different the zinc and Steel plates are.
Ironically I think I prefer the plates of the etchings rather than the actual prints. They have better quality in them, perhaps as they show more of how the work was made? Perhaps more of the essence of the work than the prints..
The zinc plate hasn't scanned in as well as the steel ones did because of it's mirror like surface, although I feel like this adds something to plate, showing how different the zinc and Steel plates are.
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This is a graph of the second years space in the studio, there always seems to be less second years in the studio than the first years.
I don't think that this graph worked out particularly well as it isn't very busy and and is quite simple which I think makes it less effective than the previous graph. This is the print that I have done for the 'What we cannot see from here'. I am really happy with this print, I used a zinc plate and the quality of plate shows in the print.
This is a graph of the first years part of the studio, It shows how close knit we are as a group with us all in conversation and working close together. I think that this graph work particularly well as it is very busy and I would like to do more graphs like this. The quality of the plate is a lot higher than the steel plate, the zinc plate is highly polished so the ink comes off a lot easier to know ink on the surface but because the steel isn't highly polished a small amount ink always sticks to the steel plate. I've been asked to be part of an exhibition that is being organised by John Lynch, it is about the course, involving students from each year and students who have left. I am really excited to be part of this exhibition, I am going to put a future etching into the exhibition. The etching will be about measuring peoples experiences with time and how different they all are, as I would like to use the circle graphs as I think they work really well.
This etching is based on a graph of personal space and conversation. I particularly like the etching plate of these one. I will definitely carry on with the circle design.
This past two weeks of unit X has been a blur of lectures and workshops! I found them all intresting, especially the Susie MacMurray and the Neil Habersson Lectures! They have given me so many ideas inspired me so much. Neil Harbersson: Harbersson was a great lecturer, he was very witty and great at speaking about his work. His saying that everyone should have a little cyborg in them, I thought that this was a very powerful statement. He has made me think about what I would change about myself, wether that would 'improve' my ability. The way he sees the world is very thought provoking, being colour blind he only sees in black and white. Feeling like he was missing out on such a huge part of life, colour is everywhere, in clothes, food, brands etc. So he invented a way to 'see' colour, a camera saw colour and played a tone for each colour. It is based on the sonochromatic scale. It has effected his everyday life, now picking food and clothes depending on how they sound rather on how they actually look. Susie MacMurray: MacMurray's talk was inspirational, her work was stunning and extremely interesting, I especially allowed her ideas and practise of play in her work. Something that I like to do in my own practise. She was great at speaking about her work and explaining the concepts and ideas behind it. I particularly liked her mussel shell installation at Allant House Gallery in Chichester, based on the shells found in the grounds of the house. MacMurray then collected 20,000 mussel shells, to stick each on individually on the walls of the staircase with a piece of red satin silk in each of the shells. Part of her work is to play, she mainly does this by having large quantities of items and material, many of her installations are based on thawing large amounts of certain materials in one place. I sat down at my studio space after a lecture, utterly confused what I was going to do for unit X. I had done many many mind maps and I got confused with the more I did so I wanted to show my confusion at this project. Hence I made a graph to show my confusion, it shows my how many ideas I have and the level of confusion that go with them.
I've been looking at space for Unit X as it's Science based, I really like graphs and that graphs are used to record data. This graph is showing the structure of a black hole which is something that we can not see the gravitational pull. Like it graphing out something that isn't possible to graph.
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