Assessment tomorrow.

As the assessment is tomorrow and I am on the verge of sanity, I decided to create the post, summing up my frustration. 

Yes.

This is a tyrannosaurus singing in the shower (digital media workshops, oh yes).

Well, wish me good luck.

Subject/Object - final poster - The Death of a Sex Goddess.

On Tuesday, we had to manage to get through alive the next crit, this time for the Subject/Object final piece - a poster about our favourite bit of news from the '28 Days News Drawing Project'. 

As I am the most depoliticised person, probably here, on Camberwell, I did not choose a topic about anything having even the smallest connection with politics. Following my unhealthy obsession with celebrities and their lives, I have chosen the death of Anita Ekberg - former sex goddess, fallen star of 'La Dolce Vita' movie. 

I was attracted by the bitter aspect of actresses, whose only talent is their beauty, and as it goes away, they lose their popularity.

 Although I was interested most by her lost popularity, I decided to show my respect for Anita at the end. The poster does not show the comparison between her as a beauty goddess and old, tired lady she became. I used the motive of 'vanitas', the motive of evanescence. As I looked on this topic closer, I found out that one of the symbols of 'vanitas' is hourglass - which is also a symbol of a perfect female body. Therefore, I streamlined both of the ideas and shaped Anita into almost finished hourglass. 

Am I pleased with the final outcome? Not really. I feel I somehow got lost in the process, as I desired my poster to be more like one of the beautiful, polish posters from the '60 or '70. I was focused too much on playing with Photoshop than the visual values of my posters. It is a lesson for me anyway - now I know, that I have to give my full commitment to any project I am working on.

Printmaking!

Last Monday (yes, I know, it's Friday today - and it was a very bad Friday for me indeed) I managed to finally got through two out of three (unfortunately only two!) of the printmaking processes we are able to make in our workshops. 

They are on the third floor, which is not very good for people running late. 

Nevertheless - I managed to learn how to create etching and a screen print - both of them were beyond my expectations of the final effect I am quite sure I would like to squeeze those processes in my future projects.

Messy, messy colours. Many colours. I am kind of a magpie for colours.

This is my screen-print, inspired by sneaking foxes I used to meet everyday on my way to work. Although they were definitely skinnier. 

Etching! I do that very rarely, but this time I managed to document a bit of a different stages in this amazing process. Probably I did it only because I wanted to post them on Instagram (shame on me).

Copying my drawing onto the zinc plate covered with a paint stopping the acid getting through the metal. The scratched places are the only ones which will be endangered to acid, which makes the drawing carved into the plate.

After acid treatment, plate is inked and ready to print! Looks cool.

One of the prints, with collage included. 

I absolutely loved the workshops (and tutors!). I look forward to squeeze myself in next free slots.