Assignment 4
I enjoyed this project and chose a more touchy idea for my subject matter and found the techniques I used lent themselves very well to the subject matter. for the images I chose to make prints and the gouging of the lino was very similar to cutting as a form of self harm (SH). I wanted to have the prints get progressively more cut up as it's similar to how scars build up on the skin. I wanted to end with a peony since its something that I am looking at getting to cover up my scars, a peony because it is my mom's favourite flower. this motif acts as a double edged sword as it is both my mother who I had a poor relationship with and much of my SH was set off by events with her, but as our relationship has healed I have more and more appreciation for my mom.
for my second book I included some of the scans of my prints and used text focused around the conversations in my head and I think the two work well together.
for the third I used all text again surrounding my inner monologue in the middle the text becomes more and more chaotic and fill the page more to represent how much swirls around in my thoughts all at the same time, I then abruptly stop and tell myself to stop and breathe/smell the flowers. "Breathe" is one of the words I run through my head the most as a way to ground myself into a space as well the "smell the flowers" lends itself to my love of the outdoors and the feeling of breathing fresh air and feeling peace within.
I chose to make my covers by cutting out the titles of my books "skin deep", "deeper", and "too deep" and layering a red piece of paper to look like red, bloody, cuts. I then wrapped my books in a red thread to further push the idea of cuts and show that these books are about SH before you even open them.
Attached are links to my formatted pages:
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