Artefact: The Riso Printer

I created the first one with a combination of blue and black. I wanted it to reference the blue of early cenotype photography. The blue also references the biro I used to draw on the veils.

For the second image I attempted to recreate the autumnal colours I had seen in the setting and so used yellow and pink. The affect of this one was perhaps less sophisticated than the blue but had a really pleasing affect which I think successfully referenced the pleasure of the autumnal colours in the park. I don’t usually use such bold colours. I really enjoyed it and would like to use more in future.

I tried painting the feeling of the place or fabric in select colours. This worked best with minimal marks and when I closed my eyes to recall the place before I made the mark. Otherwise the marks tended to be more mechanical as opposed to a mark in response to a memory. I wanted to imbue feeling and something clearly subjective into something often perceived to be objective.

I tried with a palette knife and large and small brush. The first two felt more successful as I could get more movement into the mark.