I've taken a hammer to my ceramic and glass tiles, cracking and smashing them to then roll them up in bitumen black and transfer to lino as before. The intention is to match the print making process to my concept of decay and collapse in the built environment, and make further use of those materials. I'm in the process of making more lino tiles also continuing with frottage, and general marks left by wear and tear and human usage in buildings.
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| smashed tiling inked up with Bitumen black |
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Bitumen black transferred to lino (not yet etched).
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I'm preparing two-plated prints, this time using a roll of paper 3 metres long. My plain coloured underlayer is going to be lacquered mount board (3 coats) - cheaper than lino.
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| preparing the tiles used as coloured underlay |
Yes! And have you had yourself videoed doing the smashing? Next time do so and embed it in the blog, if you can..
ReplyDeleteAnd did you keep the smashed bitumen'd tiles as a sculpture or as a form at all? I think it 's going to be quite important to think about displaying it. There's something activist in there...