Our brief wanted us to use two colours and print. Crispin Finn set us a questionnaire which we were to use as additional starting points aside from our number. We got right into the project and we found that age was the way we wanted to go with this, looking at how we felt at 17, how we all acted and what it means to be 17.
We saw it as a time for rebellion, but also when our emotions are conflicting. Wanting to grow up (and drinking obvs) but also feeling afraid of the pressures of adulthood. We got through it very progressively, and seeing as we were working in pairs we did everything together, sketchbooks, printing the lot! It was really good fun and we loved our outcome.
Being two reportage girls, of course our first move was an exhibition to draw. We headed to the Bill Woodrow exhibition at the RA armed with fluorescent orange and teal colours.
After that we experimented with objects, and we landed on the car as our muse. After little success cutting up a tyre (turns out they have steel bands inside?!), we went for toy cars and hammered them flat ready for printing with.
Our final prints!
The greyboard prints were made using carbon paper, and we lay all the pieces over it and prints on two sides of A3 greyboard. These then created the carbon paper prints, which we rolled ink onto and printed again.
I'm loving using the print rooms so much, I can't wait to be in there more.
