Mono-printing Exercise
I experimented with mono-printing as an art technique to try and broaden my art skills for the future. Mono-printing is a type of printing technique that involves evenly rolling a thin layer of ink onto a surface and placing a surface of which you wish to print onto on top of the inked surface. To create lines, you would simply use any form of mark making whether it is a comb, branch, pencil, etc, on the back of the surface you are printing on to apply pressure to where the ink prints onto the surface. This would make patterns in the ink when it is printed onto the surface. When printing, I created a print with the word "NYC" that relates to my project of graffiti as it is the place where the documentary Style Wars was filmed. I chose to print a word because I felt it posed a challenge as well as link it to my graffiti project in future development. To print a word, you have to write it in reverse or else the print will come out in reverse. To do this, I h...
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