Studio Brief 2- Initial ideas

Initial Ideas for printed publication based on the light bulb:

In order to respond to studio brief 2 I’ve decided to develop my drawing from study task which has lead me to three potential ideas which I could develop. One of which being a series of three prints based on either the components of the light bulb (see figures 1-3), the evolution of the light bulb (see figures 4-6) or a series of different modern bulb (see figures 7-9) using letterpress to celebrate the 138th anniversary of the light bulb. In addition each print would feature a specific fact about the letter press along with ‘138th anniversary of the light bulb’ which would be embossed into each print so that they would only be visible when light is shone onto them. I’ve also considered embossing electrical equations instead of facts into the prints to create more interesting content. Consequently when developing these ideas I discovered different processes I could use whilst trying to develop my ideas using letterpress ( see figure 10-11) which created limitations due to the size of the press I was using which made it difficult to repeat the initial design numerous times. Consequently I’ve experimented with the laser cutting by producing a lino cutting (see figure 12-14) which I’ve printed from with limited results due to the lack of depth within the cutting causing some ink transfer within the negative space of the print. In addition experimentations with the laser cutter lead to some interesting results when cutting the drawings into wood ( see figure 15-17) as when printing on a larger scale the Ls within the design became clear and crisp which is reduced slightly when printing on a smaller scale as the L begin to appear hazy. However this effect is interesting as reflects the haze of glowing light within a bulb. 

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