In these pictures I was messing around with different lighting and slightly different camera angles. I took these pictures of the inked up plates. I love the way the flash slightly changed the colors and made them look slightly metallic. 

Here is my plate which I have inked up in red, orange,and black for my leopard print. Bright blue was then added to represent the color of my handbag. 

I mixed transparent ink into the blue so that the blue would become more slightly transparent and my background print would come through. 

In these prints I chose to highlight more then one image. The leopard print shoes and the yellow cover on my iPOD. I love the bright, vibrant colors in these prints. 

Here i have experimented with using bright colors! I have decided to take an element from my original print and make a mono-print of it. In this case I have chosen to highlight the leopard print that is in the leopard print shoes. 

"Mini" Project

Yes, thats right...we were given a "mini" project to work on also! This time the project was on Clutter. Luckily for me I was able to link this project with my main one because though I hate to admit it there are times I have alot of clutter in the back of my car! So my prints are based on the clutter that was in my car on that day. 

Once again I experimented with color. This time the colors I used are darker. Tones of brown, sepia, and blue/black. I also layered colors on-top of each other with I feel gives my prints more depth. 

In the layout of the prints I have experimented with different compositions in the placing of my prints on the white paper.

In some of my prints I decided to scratch quite heavily into the plates. This caused the ink to appear much darker and heavier in my final prints. 

Colored prints using a combination of monoprint and drypoint.

Here is the start of my prints..I used a process called drypoint. Drypoint is a printing process where I scratched into the plate, inked the plate..and then removed the excess ink with a textured cloth called "scrim." Initally I wanted to keep my prints black and white but then I decided to experiment with color using similar colors to those of the sky in my photographs in my previous post. To add color to my prints   I first made a monoprint in which i inked up the plate, and using a cloth I wiped away any ink I did not want on the plate. Its as simple as that! 

Here is the black ink and the rubber i used to rub ink on the plate.

Textured cloth called "scrim." This is used to remove excess ink off the plate. 

Here are some of the pictures I have taken as inspiration for my prints.

I have decided to base my project around my car. This photo reflects my mood boards. I have taken pictures inside my car of what is on my seat, ground etc.. Pictures from the inside of my car looking out and pictures of the exterior of my car which is a reflection in my wing-mirror. 

I've started a new art and design elective project! For the first 2 weeks I'll be doing Print. For those of you who don't know what print is, it is a process for reproducing texts and images, typically with ink on paper using a printing press. The two printing processes we will be using is monoprint and drypoint. 


For my project I have to explore the nature of space in my immediate environment. I have to produce a series of prints that look at aspects of how this space defines me. How I occupy it. How I continue to alter it. How I experience it. How we personalize it. 

Semester 2

Driving along in my car I noticed a huge swarm of birds. I pulled in my car, put on the hazards and started recording!! 

I love the contrast of the black birds against the beautiful blue sky.

Quote of the day:


"There is nothing in which the birds differ more from man than the way in which they can build and yet leave a landscape as it was before."


Robert Wilson Lynd

Clay bird taken from the image one of my of my photos.

I created the feather sculptures using clay. I etched out the intricate feather markings using a small metal carving tool. I then painted it using oil based paints.