Relief Prints
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Linoleum, 7”x10”, 2024
Print made in a week to see how linoleum interacts with hatching in regards to form. Line weight and breakage is explored for a similar effect, as well as how it affects value in an area.
Depicts a police detective, looking at his physically cracked badge. The viewer is led to think about the man’s thoughts as he stares at the rift in his hand.
Form was explored through the relationship between line weight and negative space. Thicker lines result in more definitive form, whereas the opposite can have the appearance of being in motion, stretching.
Line and space breakage was also used for these same experiments. Creating inverse hatching by carving into dark areas gives a more reclusive, shadowed look. Breaking dark lines produces an opposite effect, creating an opening for two spaces to interact and overlap, bringing them towards the front.
Sketch for this piece was drawn quickly. Because most of the piece’s experimentation was with the carving and printing processes, the sketch was left malleable, so that the texture could be created naturally when carving.
A sharpie marker was used as a soft minimum for the line thickness I sought, as a way to unify the piece despite using different techniques in specific places.
