Following on from my previous work on taking phrases and lines of which I was told during my abusive relationship. I started to work on an image trying to portray how the words but also the relationship made me feel, but also to give the viewer a insight into the world inside these relationships which is usually so hard to see.
I wanted to take the ripped up paper, typographic collage I completed before and use that texture and feel in this image, because it felt like it gave the right insight into how these words affect one person and how they come part of who you are. I also have more ideas how I can further this idea also. I also wanted to show the shadowy figure, that even though you might of escaped, or they might just not be physically with you at one moment, they sort of sit with you and you feel the weight on your shoulders. Which was a similar idea with the read thread, and how you feel your life is tied up with theirs and it becomes very complicated, but also the feeling on entrapment.
I want to look at taking this into print specifically photopolymer, and after talking to Ling and Kath in printmaking, they are wanting me to explore multi-plates, using photopolymer as a base, but maybe using steel plates to add additional areas of colour, and they think that is what I should explore next. Which I agree with. I need to get over my nerves and get the confidence to push myself within the area of print, and create something different and be challenged.
I am struggling with the idea of how to incorporate scale into my project. I feel like it is important to talk about the scale of the issue, and I think it would be incredibly powerful, but at the moment I have no idea of how to do that without using typography and statistics. But also how to incorporate that with the style of my work and my paintings and prints.