Green Etching

This etching print is one of my favorite, and it will go to my parents. When I started this etching, I made a huge mistake on plate. My plate had false bite, which left very tiny dots, everywhere. So I had to scrape out a lot. I was very dissapointed with the mistake, but after scraping, the mark of false bite turned better. In fact, I like the effect of the bite because it gave my plate much depth and movement.

この銅版画は私のお気に入りです。父の誕生日に日本へ送る予定でしたが、結局未だ私の元にあります。最初にこの銅版を腐食したとき、グランドが薄かったのか、版全体に細かい点が残ってしまいました。1日中、その点を消す作業をし刷った結果、その失敗が意外にも効果的になりました。絵に不思議な空間を与え、また静かなようだけれど楕円が動いている、そんな絵に仕上がったと思います。

Color Etching

These are my color etching prints. These three prints are created by two plates. On the left, I printed three times using two plates, but I actually flipped one of the plates. Because of that, the prints got depth. I know that the registration was off, but I like the way it is. Also, my shapes are very simple, but I can see that they are floating in my space.


Before I created three color etching prints, I done two colors flipping one of the plates. I remembered it was an accident because I didn't pay attention the direction of my plate a lot, then it just happened. Printmaking has a lot of indirect process, for me it is very hard to imagine what looks like after printing. However, I like the good accident.

これらは、色銅版画です。はじめて多色刷りをしましたが、思った以上の効果に自分でも驚きました。ただ、シルクほど色の調節が出来ず、これからの課題です。静かながらも、楕円が浮かんでいるような、動いているような感じがとても気に入っています。おそらくこれが版画ならでは効果なのかもしれません。

Etching

These are my etching prints from the last semester. This(on the left) is my second etching at my school. Actually I did the first one during the last semester, but I didn't like it.... Then I started the second. I haven't done many etching plates but I learned a lot from Jake, who is also a graduate student. This print has two colors, which are black and blue, and I liked how I put the colors. Also I enjoyed creating this plate because this was sort of my experimentation, and I found many interests on my etching.

This etching relates with my screenprint because at that time I was wondering if I created my artwork on the different printing materials. I can't say which is better, but I think I like to create with colors.

銅版画は大学生時代に数回作った事がありますが、それも昔の話しですっかりプロセスを忘れてしまいました。同じ院生のジェイクさんに色々技法や材料など教えてもらい、どうにか創ってみました。院に来て二回目の銅版画（左上）、ということで実験感覚で創った作品ですが、色んな効果を学んだと思います。左下の作品は、シルクスクリーンの作品、「人のバランス」を創ったときに、同時に創ったのものです。「一体、違う版の上に同じ課題を刷ったらどうなるのか・・？」という疑問からできました。ただ、自分的には「色」を重要視しているので、黒の一色刷りよりも多色刷りを試すべきだったかもしれません。