Printmaking

-Scandium was first mined and prepared in 1937, it was a rare metal that was hard to prepare. It was not first used in production until the 1970's. It is now used in objects such as baseball bats and bikes that need to be sturdy but lightweight.

-The idea of a baseball bat was a very easy choice once I found out that baseball bats are made of scandium, I am a baseball player so it was a no brainer on what I wanted to draw.

-The process I used was fairly simple, I followed the simple steps and then found that my numbers were backwards to went back and re-drew them and then started using the paint. My lined were extremely shallow so I had to make them deeper many times until the shapes and numbers came through.

-If I could do this again I would use something thinner to make my lines to the numbers could come out clear.

-I liked seeing if the print came out clear when I added the paint, it was easy to see what I needed to change which I liked.