Silk Screen and Print Making By George Meltzer

My name is George Meltzer and I am theatrical lighting designer and I took silk screen and Print making because I thought that this class would really help me define myself creatively. I think that creativity is expressing yourself or an idea you have through a media or a style that is unique or different from the norm. So far this year, I was able to show my almost childish side though my artwork. I did this by using specific mediums such as toothpicks and string to give my prints character. I really took pride in this piece of art because it felt both genuine and creative. I was able to show how to I really enjoy art, but I'm not the most serious person.

Child's Play

This is Print is from a stuffed animal and I gave the print detail by using toothpicks, string and buttons.

The most important art element that I used was value. I successfully used value by adding the yarn to show off the detail. This gives the elephant depth and detail. The value of the yarn is darker than that of the ink of the elephant which stands out to the eye. Also by using button that match the value of the yarn the eyes do not seem to differ in detail which is what was needed because the eyes are not the main theme of this project.

I see you

This is a print using a plexiglass and a scrapper. The ink is collected in the groves and transfers onto the blank page.

The most important art element that I used was value. I successfully used value by adding the yarn to show off the detail. This gives the elephant depth and detail. The value of the yarn is darker than that of the ink of the elephant which stands out to the eye. Also by using button that match the value of the yarn the eyes do not seem to differ in detail which is what was needed because the eyes are not the main theme of this project.

Let's Go Sledding

This print is a foam print where I used two colors and there was a slight diffusion.

The most important art principle for my prints are Pattern. Pattern is used throughout the background and should work in harmony with my bear to give it context. I feel that I didn't use this to the best of my ability because when carving my background I made it look like a wall and the bear is hitting said wall. If I could do it again I would plan my background more and put more care into the way that each section is carved.

Snow

With this print we were given a scrap of linoleum to cut and then cover with in and run through the printing press.

The most important art principle is Unity and Harmony. I choose unity and harmony because the whole project revolves a single theme and each part of this project adds to it. I've placed each item in this collage to work in harmony with the item next to it. The background keeps the eye moving throughout the piece, which keeps from having a belly button effect, and all of the limited detail on the elephant doesn't keep the eye stuck on the elephant, allowing it to notice the name and its block-like form.

In this print we took all the stuffing out of the stuffed animal, covered it in ink and ran it through the press.

The most successful art element I used was value. I close value because I put more ink in certain places and less in others, so I would get a different type of color on each part of the monkeys print. It didn't end up working too well but if I had todo it again better I now know that the stuffed animal takes a lot of ink.

For this print, we took pictures or ideas that were on paper and cut them out and then put them on silk screening and proceeded to roll them with ink.

The most import element for this project is lines. I say lines because the whole point of this print is to be a face, but also an electrical outlet but that is only convayed through lines as both eyes and outlet prongs. I think that this worked out really well and am so happy with how my project turned out.

Autodesk Logo print *couldnt find print so this is what I got*

For this print we took film and cut out each color. After that we put the film on screening and had to line up each color on the printing media and then print it.

The most important art element for this project is shape because you need to line up each part of the print with the corresponding part of the print and while doing that make sure the logo still looks 3-d while actually being and also looking 2-d.

Are you okay?

For this print we had to remove sections of easy cut every time we wanted to add a color. In the end all that should be left is small scraps of easy cut because you covered to whole page.

The most important element in this piece is line. I chose line because there are lines coving this piece and they distinguish between me in the foreground and the ceiling in the background. I personally don't like this piece very much but I think that the process has a potential for being very cool. I think that we need to use complex topics for inspiration.

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