So another thing that I'm really enjoying about this process is that I was feeling kind of stifled in my typical style: I was literally interpreting an image into a print. While there's nothing wrong with that, and I really do enjoy puzzling out how to get from start to finish of a reduction cut, I was craving a more abstract approach, but couldn't quite figure out how to get there.
I often manage to combine the best of both worlds: realism with abstraction. But I wanted to somehow introduce simplification into that abstraction.
This project is enabling me to be a little more creative: I'm starting with a very literal interpretation and breaking it down into a simplified pattern, and even getting to play with that original pattern to achieve various results in differing values. From there, it'll be broken down even further as it gets deconstructed and reconfigured in the collage process.
That, and I'm just having a heck of a lot of fun!
Here's today's contribution to the print mosaic project (6"x6" ink on paper sketch):
Tubeworm pattern #1There'll be quite a few riffs on this one, I can already see it... stay tuned!!
2 comments:
Oh. Amie.
It's crazy. I'm having the exact same restlessness about my own work right now. Too literal. You're on the right track! Go!
I love this patterning. Simple line always appeals to me most.
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