Sampling
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| Final Print 5 |
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| William Kentridge - Thick Time Exhibition |
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| Connect 4 |
For the Sampling unit I decided to focus on board games, as
growing up it was one of my favourite type of games to play. I went to
Zifferflat in the northern quarter to take pictures of different board games,
as I knew they had a wide variety. I was happy to come across some which were a
bit older and had more antique looking designs; as well as some famous more
recent games. I also took a trip to Whitworth, and was inspired by the Thick Time
exhibition, by William Kentridge. I was intrigued by how he had an almost scrap
book approach to his textile and wasn’t afraid to mix different patterns,
fabric and textures, to create an overall piece.
For my print, I decided in the end to go for two of the most
well-known games, connect 4 and snakes and ladders. I chose these also as the
colour pallets were so different and I wanted to challenge myself in being able
to coordinate them both successfully in a print.
Overall, I would say I have struggled with this unit, I
failed on behalf of organisation, and found myself rushing various things and
have limited myself with what I have learned. I found my sublimation prints never
came out to be the right colour, and I would have to photoshop them to make
them useful. However, sometimes this was a blessing in disguise, as it meant I
thought harder about combing different techniques together and making more
interesting background.
In this unit I really enjoyed digital print, I like how easy
to was to manipulate and develop each print into new samples, and enjoyed discovering
some of the limits of the brush tools.
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| Snakes and Ladders |
