21.05.11 Other work from the week

I put a larger piece of glass work in to be fired so will have to wait until next week for that to come out, I'm hoping to get a loose image depicting the feeling of air and space within my home by showing the outdoor/indoor place that home inhabits for me.

Printed a collagraph which has combined images to give a feel of my kitchen, and then monoprinted an abstract floral texture of a fabric over the cat, using a soft roller so that I could roll the texture directly off the fabric. I love the feel of this , it captures the soft homely feel with familiar objects, the draped cat which you can find regularly and a bit of fun which is important to me.




Played with tea again this time gluing it into the card, so that I could keep the image and do other things with it.

Tried embossing the tea onto paper and it gives a really interesting image, slightly spikey which I suppose represents some of the more tense moments which every household experiences, but also I like the embossed sheet as it's white which is calm  and interesting as your image is enhanced by shadows.

This was the mug above which was something I just wanted to try and then having seen how this image worked I thought about the cupcake and how maybe this could be the carrier for one of the scents of my home. I want something simple but with an additional dimension.

This was my attempt at the cupcake , unfortunately the pressure on the press was too great and so it damaged the paper both creasing it and putting holes in it, I also made this image quite large thinking it would interesting but I prefer the smaller images as it suits the simplicity of the work. i'm going to try again and experiment with how I attach the tea and how much pressure I use on the press. I'm also going to try some different sizes to see which best suits the relief.