Week 9 - Day 1 & 2 print/matt

My element was zinc and its atomic number is 30.

Zinc has been around since the 16th century and it is used in many ways including pennies and medicines. All living things need zinc to survive.

I was interested in the fact that all living things need zinc, so I settled on a nature themed print. I made the N attached to the Z like roots and both letters have leaves coming off of them.

I knew that I wanted to make it nature themed, so I didn’t go through many iterations before I had my final design.

If I did this again, I would probably make the lines deeper so there was more contrast.

I enjoyed matting the print because it was very satisfying to rip the excess paper around the print.