Emotion study journal Amira Binte Azmi

EMOTION STUDY

AMIRA AZMI / U1431179D / FOUNDATION 2D I / CLASS G8

CONTENTS

01 Artist Inspiration 02 Emotions & Processes: Merriment Vileness Lament Outrage Terror Wonder

03 Emotion Board 04 Experimental Prints 05 Reflections

ARTIST INSPIRATION Works -- Bleach collages

Sterling Ruby’s works were done in various media including ceramics, painting, collages and he also does large installations. His works are deliberately disordered, which I find particularly interesting. He ties in psychological and social aspects in his work.

Sterling Ruby / 42 American artist from Germany Lives and works in Los Angeles

In one of his series, Bleach Collages (BC), he used materials like fabric scraps, denim, and rags to create playful prints. This series was inspired by the practical beauty of Gee’s Bend quilts and Japanese Boro textiles.

I am particularly inspired by this series of disorderly patterns using bits of different fabrics to portray this array of patterned mess.

Works -- Fold paintings

Tauba Auerbach is greatly influenced by mathematics and physics and manipulates the idea of structures and logics and make it poetic.

Her recent works emphasises on abstract patterns, combining order and randomness. She folds and twists canvases to form creases and then lay them out again and paints them, to create an illusion of three-dimensional space.

Tauba Auerbach / 33 Visual Artist from San Francisco

EMOTION 01/ MERRIMENT

Materials: Sea lavenders Block printing ink Block printing plate Press Copy paper

Technique: Monoprinting 01 Roll ink over plate 02 Arrange flowers on plate 03 Place plate on press 04 Place paper over plate 05 Let press do its magic (Two to three times)

EMOTION 02/ VILENESS

Materials: Block printing ink Block printing plate Wrongly inked paper A pinch of angst

Technique: 01 Wrongly ink a paper 02 Do not throw away scraps 03 Crumple scraps into a ball while ink is still wet so it will mess up 04 Accidentally tear paper while straightening scrap 05 Leave to dry

EMOTION 03/ LAMENT

Materials: Pigeon feathers Block printing ink Block printing plate Press Copy paper

Technique: Monoprinting 01 Roll ink over plate 02 Arrange feathers on plate 03 Place plate on press 04 Place paper over plate 05 Let press do its magic (Two to three times)

EMOTION 04/ OUTRAGE

Materials: Back end of a brush Block printing ink Block printing plate Copy paper

Technique: 01 Roll ink over plate 02 Place paper on plate 03 Use back end of brush to draw lines 04 Remove paper 05 Crumple paper while ink is still wet

EMOTION 05/ TERROR

Materials: Sea lavender stalks Limonium stalks Copy paper Block printing paper Block printing plate Press Technique: Monoprinting 01 Roll ink over plate 02 Arrange flowers on plate 03 Place plate on press 04 Place paper over plate 05 Let press do its magic (Two to three times)

EMOTION 06/ WONDER

Materials: Scraper Ruler Copy paper Block printing paper Block printing plate Press Technique: 01 Roll ink over plate 02 Crumple paper 03 Place paper on plate 04 Go crazy with the scraper and ruler

EMOTION BOARD

MERRIMENT

VILENESS

LAMENT

OUTRAGE

TERROR

WONDER

EXPERIMENTAL PRINTS

Technique: Fumage Materials: Lighter Paper Candle

Smoke stains appear blotchy in first few tries and paper were burnt because candle was too close to the paper. Controlling movements of candle with hand gave a nicer flow as compared to setting the candle in one place and moving the paper around.

Technique: Automatic Materials: Papers Chinese Ink Brushes Free mind Random strokes and marks made by the brush with Chinese ink by manipulating angle of brush and amount of pressure, without any planning or thinking.

EXPERIMENTAL PRINTS

Materials: Bubble wrap Copy paper Block printing paper Block printing plate Press Technique: 01 Roll ink over plate 02 Place bubble wrap on plate 03 Place paper over wrap 04 Press down paper 05 Lift paper from plate (Two to three times)

Materials: Container of water Chinese Ink Paper Technique: Ink Marbling 01 Stain the surface of water in container with Chinese Ink. 02 Place paper on the surface for a marble effect and leave to dry.

REFLECTIONS &LEARNING P O I NT S 01 Automatism & Monoprints In the first lesson, we explored Chinese ink, automatic techniques, and making marks spontaneously.

I find it quite fascinating that even with random brush strokes and mindless play of ink, you could create very interesting marks.

Monoprinting and the press was also introduced.

02 Working on Emotion Study A very messy yet very enjoyable time in class where all of us got started on our postcard prints.

A lot of paper and ink was used and I went home with ink stained fingers and a bunch of prints all ready to be scanned.

03 Digital Processing Where we learned how to digitally manipulate and enhance scanned prints. We also learned how to zoom into the details and textures to take parts of the scans out to create abstract postcards..

04 Consultations Getting constructive feedback on our works, identifying the emotions in our works, discussing about the different ways of tagging and of displaying the postcards.

05 Submissions