#divergentpractice

Experimenting with the composition of my lino prints, concealing and revealing new forms I’d not have considered previously if I hadn’t experimented with their placement.

Exhibition under way!

I’ve been looking at sexual violence and this idea of unwanted touch and how it affects us, turning something lovely into something that is feared. I wanted to create a series of forms that encapsulated my interpretation of the idea of void, this feeling of emptiness and the deterioration of our relationship with touch. I began the process with a lot of mark making and printmaking. Layering my fingerprint with ink on white cartilage paper, I felt it was important to keep the same dipping process to incorporate into 3D. I wanted to use wax represent ourselves in our skin and our fragility and vulnerability. Cutting away the at the exterior to reveal the layers forming fingerprint patterns within the interior to put emphasis on this fragility - using a mixture of both beeswax and soya wax for the desired colour and consistency, I wasn’t sure of how to display the pieces but upon laying them out on my desk in the studio it felt right to have them together but also separate to appreciate each one, I wanted to create lots of them as I have an affinity for multiples, I wanted to play with multiples and similarities, rather than having each piece look exactly the same as everyone’s experience and feelings are all different and valid.

Photographs of final taken on Nikon D3200.

Cleaning down my plinth, making sure any paint/charcoal marks are removed. Final forms have been carried into college wrapped in bubble wrap to ensure no abnormalities to the wax objects.

Experimenting with composition for the exhibition, definitely displaying together but with enough space between for each of them to shine as their own form.