First step in Collograph

1) Collage
2) I coated my collage with a fluid made of excrements of insects, then put it into a oven to make it become rigid.
3-5) The collage is covered with inks and squeezed with the press.


I realize now that my collage wasn't appropriate to this process, I stuck too many different materials, to close to each other without paying attention to the way the would receive and give back the ink.
This is also important to notice that the result is more interesting with a few ink, because it highlights this embossing of the paper.

London Art Fair.

Today, I went to the LONDON ART FAIR.

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London Art Fair's Brochures, leaflets and guide I've collected.

Here are some pieces of art I found interesting:

I think this is really important as a student in graphic design to be aware of what is currently on the art market, and know the prices of different process.
I was very surprise by some drawing I found very expensive in comparison with the achievement.

Introduction to direct and offset monoprint

Today I had the opportunity to try mono-print.

We first have to spread ink on a plate with a

 roll and put a sheet of paper on it. Then, by 

drawing on the back of it or putting pressure

 on it, the ink stick to the sheet and create a 

very interesting pattern.

Stuff I made

Screen printing

I attended the screen printing introduction today.

This was so different from what I expected:

I thought it was a computer thing !! 

I was surprised in a very good way.

This is a very complicated process which asks a lot of vigilance and patience. 

Preparation of the screen is very important, you have to clean it carefully to remove old coated area with brushes, pressure washer, then degrease, dry it, expose the image to light and so on.

This introduction opened my eyes to thousands of possibilities I am now starting to explore.

Beaubourg

During the holidays I went back to Paris to work  and unfortunately I only had time to go to museum once.

I went to Beaubourg which is a very big and rich museum in the center of paris. 

The architecture of this building is very interesting because Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers who designed it decided to put the skeleton on the front of the building, so that it is visible and recognizible from the outside: air pipes are blue, water pipes are green, electric cables are yellow, elevator are red and metallic girders are visible.

I do really like that fact that all walls are mobiles and fitting to exhibitions. Moreover, the ground floor looks onto the very lively square in front of the museum thanks to picture windows which create interactions between the public, the museum and the passers-by.

Click HERE to see Beaubourg official website.

I saw an exhibition about ARMAN (1928-2005).

Arman
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Biography: He is a very famous french painter who define in his own way the use of object as pieces of art themselves. He is know for his "accumulations", destruction and recomposition of objects.
Click HERE to know more about his life, and HERE for informations about his work.


Here are a few of his works I saw at the exhibition I preferred.

All over technique

Cachet oeil de tigre

Bluebeard's wife ( La vénus aux blaireaux)

Heroic time

Stop time (Arret du temps)

Endless variation

Paint tube

Dentures

My point of view: I really appreciated it because I saw hundreds of every day life objects put together in a way that make them become esthetic and give them a new dimension. Do you believe that old and dirty dentures can create of beautiful piece of art!!?
I also like the way he changes appearances by destroying and burning things.

Second trial of pixel art

I went to the next step and tried to create a building. This is a very good exercise to learn how to use tools and how to place lights and shadows. I think this is the best way to improve myself, but patience is needed!