All the entries for Print Exchange 2013

Have a look at all the prints on their flickr page here:

Dublin Statues continued….

I’m really excited with the direction this project is going in!

A very talented friend of mine has kindly agreed to write a piece of text in connection with each statue’s  image.  She’s a playwright who has created some really amazing characters so I knew she would bring a whole other level to their stories.  I have always wanted to collaborate with her.  I’ll post the final pieces when they are done so will get to read each piece.  It’s a work in progress at the moment.  Here’s a sample above.

For the next stage, I have to decide on presentation.  I have been considering-book format OR ebook OR printed images OR sound and slideshow installation (as my sister suggested).  More to follow!

Dublin Statues (I get older, they stay the same age)

At the beginning stages of new photography project so I thought I’d share my idea. The plan is to photograph lots of the statues around Dublin. I’m finding them particularly facinating at the moment! I’d also been spending lots of time walking round Stephen’s Green. Now, stautues I had never paid attention to or seen before are popping up everywhere! I’d like to photograph them as if they are living portraits. I’ll try not to show their plinths. On the list is a stunning life size horse by the canal, a singer in the Iveagh gardens and James Joyce’s head.
So far, I’ve made one of Robert Emmet having a stroll through the trees. And another head shot of a strong featured man. I will see how it goes and post the results.<

Print Exchange Project 2013

Hi folks!
I’m very excited to be taking part in a print exchange project!  500 printmakers from around the globe will be taking part, each submitting 12 prints  from the same edition on the theme ‘The Drive Home’.

I’ve made an edition of 13 photo etching prints (incl. one for me to keep of course!) all 5″x7″.  Ten of which will be sent out as part of the exchange, one will go to the archive and one will be a part of an exhibition of all the work.  In return, I’ll receive a surprise package containing ten different prints!  Can’t wait to see what arrives. 🙂

The image I used is of a photo I took from the top floor of a bus in Dublin as it went through the port tunnel.

Here it is in stages from test strip to finished edition.  I don’t think I’ve ever completed an editon before so I’m delighted about that. Done and Dusted!

If anyone is interested in taking part or reading more, have a look at the website:

The deadline for signing up is the end of March..as of today 170 out of 500 have signed up.  They are the same people who organise the Sketchbook projects that Amy is involved in.

Thanks for the encouragement Amy and Petra! xxx

Back to Portraits

Hi folks!  Feels like ages since I’ve put up a post.  Thanks to this blog I have been pretty busy.  A few months ago I vowed to sort out a website, which I’ve now done!  It’s nice to have a bit of pressure. 

www.katiereynoldsphotography.co.uk is up and running.  All the photos and prints are for sale and I’m hoping to change the variety of prints on offer regularly.  I’ve got my photos and prints up in two venues in Bristol at the mo.  Once I set up the first one, any subsequent ones were much easier as all the nervousness was used up in the run up to the first one.  I;m going to try to apply this practice to lots of aspects of my life!!

I’ve also been going back to portraits.  I’m pretty excited about this!  I used to take a lot of portraits but haven’t been using them much in recent years.  I’m going to try to use images layered with text etc and see how they turn out as etchings.  The first one I did was the print of Laurie’s kids.  There are 3 separate pics blended together in photoshop.  The current one I’m in the process of making is a pic of my Grandma with overlayed text from her husband’s writing.

xxx

I won’t be there in the morning…

I’ve been collecting these eerie photos for ages…there’s someone or “something living” in every pic.  Hope the music goes well with it…I’ve put them together in a video.

A Day at the Print Studio

Hi folks!

Here are some photos which I took last week on the way to and at the printing studio.  Just to give you an idea of the journey an image can take.  It get’s messy…gloves are needed!  ps I’m not going to go into detail about the disastrous “old inky book stain on brand new printing blankets” fiasco…thank god no damage was done but it was a scary 24 hours! Drama!

Katie x

Mixed Results with Photopolymer test plates

Hi there,

As all steps of the process are to be included on this blog, the good, the bad AND the ugly…I’ll share my latest ones with you guys!  Here are some of my photopolymer test prints.

I’ve been trying to get the timing exposure right and there are also lots of other variables to consider.

Each artwork will require slightly different settings.   So far, the first plate I made worked out really well.

Then..the two next were terrible!  They got scrapped and I reclaimed the plates for more testing. 🙂

Of the two recent ones I printed today, one of them showed a bit of progress so I think I know what direction to aim for.

Sure it’s a (long!) learning process and it’s fun!

Katie

Preparation images for a new Print/Drawing

I’m aiming to use my photographs (of interiors and exteriors of buildings) as a basis for drawings or to convert them into prints.

As usual, I love layering up images, so the backgrounds (may) be some of the old book pages and covers which I have been collecting.  I’ve done a quick sketch of it on photoshop so you get the idea.  It’s just the two images merged together.  The book pages look great in real life though..you can see the mould and the inscriptions…

We’ll see what they turn out like!

A photo of a drawing of a photo…

I’m interested in the combination of drawing and photography at the moment.  With the images above, I’ve used two of my photos (from my camera phone actually) as the basis for a charcoal sketch.  The original photos are at the top.

Next, I digitally photographed them, experimenting with depth of field and angles.  For the last stage, I changed them around in photoshop.  One of my favourite tools is the Blur tool.  After blurring the charcoal shadows in real life on the paper, I blurred them even further on the computer.  I’m hoping to get a strong, abstract, graphic image that has a sense of the architectural.