The last day of the module has arrived and how quickly the seven weeks have passed! I am still working on some animation shorts for the project, these are ongoing. We also started the screen prints which Paul will finish later this week. Here are some pics from some parts of the printing process, including registration, test prints, fresh off the press and cleaning up. We also got an unexpected “Moire” effect from printing one print on top of the other. Paul is interested in this for work he plans for the future, so it served as a nice experiment (this effect is traditionally a bad thing in the printing world). We were pleased with the prints and decided they had a nice simplicity and a hypnotic/calming quality to look at.
On the whole the project has been a success and Paul has invited me to continue work for the Epigenesys network, as and when I have time to do so. He plans to make a mini-exhibition of the work created during my time on placement next month, when he will visit Paris to meet with the Epigenesys partners. The hope of this exhibition is to encourage funding for a larger exhibition further down the line, within the funding period of the Epigenesys project. I will look forward to hearing what the partners thought of the work and hope that it is a success! This will not therefore be the last post as there will be a few updates within the next month.
Many thanks to Paul for his mentoring on this project and accommodating me at the VRC. It has been a great learning experience and a lot of fun!