Sampling

Sampling

Final Print 5 

William Kentridge - Thick Time Exhibition

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.

Snakes and Ladders