As Judy recommended in my
mid year report I have been experimenting with printing on different surfaces. Starting with plastic bags - the original idea that led to
these works.
This was about 5 weeks ago, but I have had a lot of momentum in my project since (with the
food show, etc) and haven't had time to get around to posting these images until now.
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| an attempt at the orange-yellow colour of biosecurity-scanned organic materials |
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| corn and soy - 2 of the most commonly GM-ed crops (others include cotton, wheat and rice) |
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| a more red colour, red=danger... |
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| fluro yellow-green, radioactivity... |
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| testing ink mixes to replicate the colours on the 'new world' bags |
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| on the reverse of the floor bag; can you see the beans printed over the 'new world' logo? I thought the 4 green stripes (cut off by the red 'NW' band) looked like soy beans... |
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| red corn over 'new world' - interested in the dystopia/utopia connotations of the name, 'new world'... |
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| the previous images were printed with the bag stretched out on the textile printing table - the above image was not 'stuck' to the surface so there were some printerly, textural imperfections... |
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| this looked interesting from the other side, faintly showing through behind the text |
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| printing the corn over the other 'new world' label - not really visible |
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| different 'weights' of ink |
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| using the stencil from the grocery bags |
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conceptual relevance: '100% degradable bag'
(technically all plastic bags are degradable... it just takes thousands of years)
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| I think George was right in saying that the image is invisible. It's not at all clear enough that these are fruits and vegetables, they get lost in the colour/complexity. |
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| grapes printed on a bottle bag |
