SW5

**Screenprinting/Etching** **A4** **March 2012**
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This piece was based on my old printmaking project when it comes to the etching part but I added the screenprints to it as well. I’ve decided to carry out etching one more time to improve my printmaking skills and I also made screenprints because it was an idea I really wanted to accomplish in my previous project. ** What were the artistic and/or cultural influences for this project? ** **Who/what influenced either the composition and/or the style.** ** There were two artists that influenced my style in etching and screenprints. For etching, Barbie Kjar was my influential artist since she also prints faces and has the same technique I showed. For the screenprints, Andy Warhol was my influential artist because I copied the same vibrant colors he uses in his Marylin Monroe prints and also had the same technique shown. **   ** What materials/media/processes did you use and or experiment with, and how? **   ** The materials I used for etching was the plastic plate and the carver and I would put the photograph under the plastic plate and just trace it with the carving tool. I seeked help when it came to creating the screenprints and a person who makes screenprints did them for me but I was the one who picked the colors for the prints and how I want them to turn out. **   ** How do you think you have responded to advice and criticism during this project (and during the term), both from fellow students and the teacher. Did you actively seek advice? If so, was it useful? **   ** My teacher was the person who gave me the idea of making the screenprints and the etching together, because I was familiar with the process of etching and already had the idea established from my previous project I didn’t need that much help, but when it came to the screen prints I seeked help from a printmaker who helped in making the prints. **   ** Clearly explain the weaknesses/areas for improvement ** ** In the etching part of my final piece I don’t think it had many weaknesses because I was already familiar with creating a good print and the whole purpose of me making etching prints is because I wanted to improve my printmaking from the previous project. So I don’t think I had weaknesses with that except for the part that I didn’t do the third print of the Sinner and I think I should have included it in the series because there is not significance in not showing it. In the screenprints, I think they turned out very successful but they also had weaknesses concerning the contrast, there wasn’t much contrast in my prints as there was in Andy Warhol’s prints, the colors on the face were very similar and didn’t show a great difference. Also in the black screenprints, the hair of the subject and the black background are very similar and it is very difficult to point out the hair. **   ** Clearly explain the strengths of the piece ** ** The strengths of the etching prints is the fact that they are all the same size and that the writing was correct this time and that they are all aligned in the center of the paper. In the screenprints, the idea of copying Andy Warhol’s techniques is a major strength because I got the same look that is shown in Warhol’s prints. I like the fact that I improved my etching skills and that I achieved something that I wanted to make in my previous project. **   ** What could you take through to the next project and develop further? This could be anything, from a technique to an idea, not neccessarily just the theme. **   ** My next project is going to include 3D, but I’m still going to take the idea of different identities to my next project and I will use the same identities that I’ve shown before. **