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Matted Print -- Zivia Brown (WIP)

Posted by Zivia Brown in Art - Freshman · Hull · c1 Band on

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  1. What would you do differently if you did this print a second time?
  2. What part of the project did you enjoy the most? Describe the step and what you liked so much about it.

The element used for my print project was Arsenic, with the atomic number of 33 and an atomic mass of 74.9216 g.mol-1 . This element has been mined since ancient times, but was officially discovered by Albertus Magnus in 1250 A.D. when he was experimenting with a heated soap and orpiment mixture. Arsenic has a wide variety of uses. It is commonly used in rat and insect poison, but has also been used as a medicine and additive to poultry food to protect against infection. Arsenic is also used in semiconductors, bronzing, hardening shot, making glass and preserving wood. You can also find Arsenic is chemical compounds such as arsenic trioxide, sodium arsenite, arsenic trichloride, arsenic pentoxide, arsenic acid, and arsenates. It's a pretty useful element!
For my image, I decided to focus on Arsenic's use in rat poison. This may sound weird, but being a lover of the movie Watership Down, I am was intrigued by the way animals, namely rodents and rabbit, reacted as they died. This image has elements of that movies art style and key attributes, such as the focus on the mouth and chin from the underside with the eyes barely visible. I had other designs, such as one involving soap and one with LED lights, but this one was my favorite.
As for my process, there were many steps. After I had my lineart for my picture, I then had to decide what would be the positive and what would be the negative space. I then used a sharpie to fill in what would be my negative space (this space acted as positive space at some points). After this, I traced and transferred just the outlines of my image to a piece of tracing paper. I then flipped the paper over so the letters and numbers were backwards, and used a pencil to press through the lines on the paper and onto a foam base. This would serve as my printing plate. I would then roll ink on the plate and press it onto paper, flip it over, and use a wooden spoon to press it down. This transferred my image right side up, and then I was done!
If I were to redo anything about my project, I think I would make the atomic number more clear and straighter. There is to much slanting in my image with both the 

Element Print

Posted by Michaela Donnelly in Art - Freshman · Hull · c1 Band on

My element is Antimony. Its chemical symbol is Sb and its atomic number is 51. One cool fact about antimony is that in acient egypt, it was used to make the eyeliner they called Kohl. This is why you see the design of the "Eye of Horus" in my print. I wanted to symbolize Egypt and that time period, so I chose that design because it is something associated with Egypt. 
When making this print, I sketched a few possible designs for my element. I decided on this because I thought it would give a different type of design then expected. This is something many people didn't know, so I thought it would be interesting design to choose. After choosing my design, I traced it onto a piece of thin foam, backwards, so if you had any words or letters, they would be correctly faced when you made the print. We used a brayer to apply the ink to the foam board, and then placed that onto a sheet of paper and repeated this a few times until we got 3 good prints. 
If I did this print again I would make sure everything looked straight and centered so it is more appealing to the eye. My favorite part of this project was coming up with different designs for our elements. I liked it because I was able to think creatively about something I normally think about in a creative way. 
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Element Print and Matt - Reflection

Posted by Justin Peccina in Art - Freshman · Hull · c1 Band on

This is the final print of my element, Silicon.
This is the final print of my element, Silicon.
In this blog post, I will be reflecting on the process I went through to create my print.
  1. The element I was given was Silicon, which is number 14 in the table of elements. Silicon can be shortened to SI. 
  2. Silicon was first found by Jacob Berzelius. He was heating up chips of Potassium to observe what resulted, and Silicon accidentally formed. It is primarily used to create computer chips and tools used in machines. It can be utilized in the process of deoxidizing and is used to manufacture soaps.
  3. My idea for this print came from the discovery of Silicon. Since chips of Potassium were heated up to form the element, my mind immediately went to potato chips. The bag has flames on it, which shows it is the hot flavor. This shows that Silicon was discovered by heating up chips of Potassium.
  4. The process aI went through was a simple one. I first sketched out my three rough ideas, and chose what I thought would be the best to use. Once I did, I drew the sketch again, and I traced it onto tracing paper. This tracing paper was used to carve our design into foam. Using paint and a brayer, we rubbed paint onto a tray and then into a foam board. This foam board was then pressed face down onto paper so that the print would be finalized on paper. On our last day, we cut out our two best prints, placed one on a mat with a one-inch border, and another had no mat. This process was now finished and our prints were done.
  5. If I could redo this project, I would have carved the "SI" into the foam better. It was supposed to go in the logo, but it never showed because the carve was too shallow. I would try and carve it better so that it would show up, because it was an essential for our final print.
  6. I really enjoyed the process of brainstorming. I enjoy doing research usually, so it was nice to research a topic I did not know much about. We usually learn about all of the elements together, not separately, so it was interesting to learn about one in specific. I never knew how many uses one element could have until doing this research for the brainstorming. 

Plutonium Print

Posted by Mia Concepcion in Art - Freshman · Hull · c1 Band on

The element I created an art piece for is Plutonium, with the atomic number of 94. 
The name plutonium came from the planet Pluto, which was thought at the time to be the greatest planet beyond Neptune. Since the previous element discovered was Neptunium, Plutonium came to be from the planet Pluto and the "ium" from Neptunium. Plutonium was once used in a bomb in 1945, during WWII. Its fuel was also known to be used as rocket fuel, and its power is used in power plants.
I came up with the idea for my final imagery by looking up plutonium and searching through various images of the dangerous element. One image showed the radioactive symbol attached to a plant, representing Plutonium as a "power plant." Since Plutonium is used in power plants, this image stuck with me and I recreated it, but above an actual power plant. The smoke cloud and every other small detail in my final image came from my original idea, of representing a Plutonium power plant.
The process of making this print was complicated at times. We had to go through stages of sketching and ideas, and then put our actual image onto a foam rectangle that would be painted over later. Once we painted over it, we had to then press it onto paper to copy the image over. To make the image look right, we had to draw our images backwards on the foam rectangle. Then, the image pressed onto paper accurately with any words and images facing upright. At times this was complicated, because sometimes the print didn't copy over well if there wasn't enough paint. But, it was an interesting and fun process full of learning.
If I had to print a second time, I definitely would have made sure my drawing didn't touch the edges of the paper or foam rectangle, because when painting over this and printing it, the edges faded off the paper and weren't seen. If I did this again, I would just make sure the image itself was slightly smaller than the paper it was drawn on, so every part could be seen.
The part I enjoyed most was the sketching and drawing phase. I enjoy this step most because it is full of creativity. Also, I like this because it is the best time to collaborate with people and determine which work is best or has the best potential. Sketching and drawing is my favorite, because I like to free draw and not have it be a final decision or image.

Bismuth Element Print

Posted by Grace Conley in Art - Freshman · Hull · c1 Band on

  1. What is your element? My element is Bismuth and its atomic number 83. It has 83 protons, 126 neutrons and 83 protons. Its chemical symbol is Bi

  2. Tell the reader about your element, history, function/use and so on. Bismuth was discovered in 1753 by Claude Geoffroy. Bismuth can be melted down and mixed with other metals to create low melting alloys, these are used to make electrical fuses, fire detectors, sprinklers and much more. Bismuth is also used as a yellow pigment in paint and makeup. It is also most popularly used in pepto bismol. Bismuth is a rainbow element, its solid form takes it shape in a star case design.

  3. How did you get the idea for the imagery you chose? I got the idea for my print my thinking about the composition of the solid element. I knew that the shape was very rectangular with twisting and sharp edges. I also knew that the element was very colorful, and the chemical symbol is Bi. So I took these three facts to create my design. I drew a rainbow made of squares and turns cascading over the symbol Bi. I made the rainbow to represent the colors of Bismuth, and also to represent the symbol Bi (like bisexual). You could also interpret the image as a cave, with dripping liquids falling from the roof and pooling into the Bi. This was meant to represent pepto bismol and the liquid state of the element.  

  4. What process did you go through to make this print? I spent lots of time carving my image into the foam plate. I really wanted to have large parts of the image that would not soak up ink, so I put effort into carving sections over and over again. I thought the image it self turned out well except for the atomic number. I attempted to put the number, 83, inside the clouds on the side of the rainbow but it didn't show up. When it came to the printing stage I had difficulty coating the carving fulling in ink. It would turn out blotchy and lifeless when ever I transfered it to paper. Then I learned to press harder into the plate in order for an image to be printed. After this tip my prints became much better.

  5. What would you do differently if you did this print a second time? If I did this print a second time I would have made a simpler and less messy design. That way the ink wouldn't be confused as to where to lay.

  6. What part of the project did you enjoy the most? Describe the step and what you liked so much about it. I enjoyed the printing/inking stage the most because it allowed me to put color to the image I imagined to be colorful. I also liked it because it was fun to be creative and slightly messy with our art work. In this stage we needed to roll ink onto our prints, and then transfer them to paper with the pressure of a wooden spoon.


 

 


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Final Stamp Design

Posted by David Hammond in Art - Freshman · Hull · c1 Band on

​Our class spent most of the fourth quarter learning about positive and negative space. In this assignment we were asked to create a stamp that represented us best. The first thing in my stamp that is important to me is baseball. This is represented by the baseball. I have been playing this sport for as long as I can remember, and it has helped shape who I am today. The second image, is the hat. Hats are very important to my sense of fashion, and has become a part of me. The last image is actually the hat and ball together. This symbolizes unity and togetherness. These are two of my most important values. I wanted to represent that by leaving no space in between them. All of these things shape who I am today, I wouldn't be the same without them.
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Negative Space Reflection

Posted by David Hammond in Art - Freshman · Hull · c1 Band on

​ Negative space is the space around and between the subjects of an image. Negative space may be most evident when the space around a subject, forms an interesting or artistically relevant shape. Such space occasionally is used to as the subject of an image. 
I found negative space by, first, cutting everything out. Then I took the background and the wing of the owl, and flipped them to the other side. This created a coherent image. The positive space is the purple, and the negative space is the black. 
Seeing in negative space can help an artist make the image focused on one thing. Negative space can be helpful for making the subject a specific size or distance away. It can also allow for a more interesting design. 
Yes, negative space does enhance the drawing. This is because without negative space there would be no subject. Without a subject the piece would have no meaning. Also negative space makes the image clearer.
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Printmaking

Posted by Zeke Maitin in Art - Freshman · Hull · c1 Band on

Printmaking is the process of making a stamp or press, that allows you to press ink into an image onto paper, or burn something onto wood. It varies in possibilities for printmaking. Printmaking had allowed people to mass produce, and make books or papers in a matter of seconds rather than minutes or hours.


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I notice that the image uses many of images of animals, to make a full image of a monster. I notice that they use negative space to outline the monster instead of making the monster fully. I wonder if they made the whole image from one print, or if they used individual prints for the animals and monsters in in the main monster. What if the artist had used colors in the image, would the context be changed?

Final stamp Design

Posted by Sanaa Scott-Wheeler in Art - Freshman · Hull · c1 Band on

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Our class spent most of the fourth quarter learning about positive and negative space. Then we were expected to find things that described ourselves, we wrote down words on a list, on the list were hobbies, and adjectives. One of my biggest hobbies is eating and a common food at SLA is ramen. In the cup of noodles I put adjectives about myself (ie, curly headed, quirky, Sanaa Niara Scott). All of these thimgs, and more play into who I am.

Final Stamp Design

Posted by Zeke Maitin in Art - Freshman · Hull · c1 Band on

This stamp represents me in many ways. The biggest thing in the stamp is the baseball,this is because it's probably one of the more important things in my life, It helps me just not think of anything but having fun. The canoe paddle on the side is for my passion of canoeing and the water in general. I've always loved the water and to swim or just play in it. The nike symbol is my brand, which I will always wear, because of my favorite thing to wear. In the direct middle, is the University of San Francisco logo, this is because it was the college my mom went to, and I always rep them with my sweatshirt, and even normal shirt. I got my final design, because I thought of a baseball first. It came to my mind first, so I put it down. Then I was looking around and noticed my sweatshirt. The sweatshirt that I wear every single day, and the logo and I thought about how much this actually meant to me. Then I thought of my camp, the camp that I've gone to for seven years. So I put down a paddle, it was something that I used the most at the camp for seven years. Lastly the nike logo I got from thinking about my style, and what I look to have or what I already have. Nike, being on a lot of the things I have.
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