Big Prints

This brings to a close the first really large series of prints I've done, at 60 x 85 cm.

The bigger size brings specific problems, as follows.

a. the plate is much more cumbersome, so it's harder to move it, and move round it
b. It's harder to make changes.
c. It takes much longer to change designs.
d. Mistakes in design and errors of technique are exaggerated.
e. It's much harder to place the paper on the plate to print.

The extra costs are actually ofset by the fact that one makes less work.

I'm mainly happy with the results. I like grandeur in art, I think it's a neglected quality, indeed it's a quality that post-modernism seems to millitate against.

New Ideas

I like to have a break after completing one body of work, before starting a new one.

I've a number of ideas knocking about.

1. To do a series of posters, with words and very bold images. The posters (cover pages) for the series are usually very popular and sell well. They would have lettering and simple clear images. One would be for Bristol Cars. I am not quite sure about the rest. I'd ake about 7.

2. To start on a series concerned with billiards. These would be cheerful green prints featuring billiard balls. Very charming and light.

The "Nerves" series was quite heavy and serious, and I want to do something light and fun next.

Nerves- covers for the series

Nerves 5