Array- new toys!

I was gifted a pile of 50mm slide transparencies as they are similar to the plates I was using to produce my Array Prints. I’m going to put the set I printed first up as a slideshow and then comment on them below. There is lots and lots of potential to use this material to further the Array inquiry.

  • There were three kinds of slide in the pile: card, thin plastic and heavy duty with glass. Obviously these three kinds take ink in very different ways.
  • The inside and outside of the slide frame print differently. The card frames have glue residue that is unique to each frame.
  • The slide film can also be used to make tiny dry points. The slides came from a collection on art history, so plenty of scope for interesting subject matter.
  • Depending on whether you put the film infant, or behind the slide frame you get a different sized image.
  • There are many directions that Chine collĂ© can take a image.
  • I am going to have to go away and think about which parts of all this new material I’m going to use first.

MER