Plate - the surface(usually glass) that the ink is rolled onto to print with.
I began by doing the polystyrene technique, experimenting with different ways of making marks and using my print
here I overlayed my print with more marks to bring more light through. I found that this is an effective technique because if you contrast your tones by doing a lighter overlayed by a darker tone it gives the piece more contrast. I would use this technique again
I found that the way I did this one created a bad effect and I feel that I wouldn't use those mark making techniques for another piece in the future
Overall i found that this technique was a slow but effective one and I would most definitely do this again.
We then moved on to using our plates to create our prints, I found this a far more efficient way to print and still give effective results
First I used the addition method which is where we put the ink onto the plate in the way we wanted to print. However I feel that this technique is no better than simply drawing it and I feel that in the time it took me to do this I would have gotten a better result using a dry media.
I then followed this up by doing the subtractive method this involved taking the ink off the plate and using different marks for various effects. i found this method effective as by doing this I got a variety of marks made in a short space of time and the result would be very useful for collages as the elements would give the composition a lovely amount of contrast. I would use this technique again as it would make a nice background for future work.
the final technique I used was doing the subtractive technique on dampened paper this gave a more vivid outcome if i were to do it again then i would use a lot more marks to get a better effect it even gave a nice impression from behind where it was a little more dulled and subdued but that could be effective as it makes it look more faded linking to our theme nicely.
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