Upcycling – Part 1

Knocking around the print studio at Morley college for the last year has been a big red box. It’s actually a laser cutter and one the staff have been reluctant to let the students play with – what with the fire risk and blinding hazard and all.

Over  the first three weeks of December, the department have run a short course of relief printing with an exploration of the laser cutter’s capacity at the heart of it.

An Alphabet of Geography

title page

a is for alp

b is for brockenspectre

c is for corrie, cwm and cirque

e is for erratic

f is for fog

g is for geyser

l is for lava

m is for maelstrom

n is for nunatak

o is for oxbow lake

p is for pumice

q is for quartz

r is for ravine

s is for stalactites and stalagmites

t is for taiga

u is for unconformity

v is for volcano

w is for whirlwind

x is for xenolith

y is for yardang

z is for zenith

end page

g is for geyser

h is for hill

i is for island

j is for jet

k is for kaolin

Alphabet Exhibition

Phil Cooper and I have are Alphabets up at Clive Hicks-Jenkin’s Artlog. I wrote about the process earlier.

I  haven’t shown my work to many people recently and the attention is rather overwhelming. So thank you to Phil for suggesting I join in, Clive for the idea in the first place and everyone else for your lovely comments.

MER

I enjoyed combining the different techniques, some were new to me. I looked for the medium that communicated the concept behind the geography in the best way.

An Alphabet for Clive

Looking at lots of examples and sketching them is one way at getting at the essence of a thing

Part of one element that goes to make up the finished image. In this instance – G is for Geyser. I had fun experimenting with new techniques.

Here’s another line drawing waiting for some flat colour to be added.

A black and white marbling, also part of the final image

I didn’t go with this chalk drawing because I was advised that the alternative was more creepy

A Xenolith is an intrusive foreign rock. This image is more marbling