Crossmedia Design AKI

This afternoon I had a very interesting and inspiring workshop, where we were introduced to the printing process called silk-screen.

Today we have three workshops, the first workshop we just had was 'etching'. A very old discipline of printing. You draw(scratch) the surface of for example a sheet of plastic. After that you have to cover the surface with ink in such a way it sticks into the scratched areas. When done you have to remove most of the ink so you can use it for printing by laying it on a big pressure table with a moist sheet of paper on the printing plate.

This picture was made last week when we had an introduction to the wood crafting facilities at the AKI academy. The assignment was to craft a canvas frame. At the moment the picture was taken I was sawing the wooden pieces.

Just started my new education 'Crossmedia Design' on the AKI ArtEZ (Art Academy) in Enschede. Before the year even started, we already received an assignment. We had to make a costume based on a real life piece of art which you then had to wear on the very first school day. For my costume I chose Mondriaan as my inspiration combined with the Museum theft which was on tv a few months ago. The costume has two parts, the outfit with an upper body in a backpack which I wear, and the painting after which I hide while camouflaging myself with the white fabric. And in order for me to see I had made a small wide opening in the painting.