Refinements and frames It was really important to me that the 5 images reflect 5 major points in the Play.
Reason for mono print and lino •
The decision to use lino is based on using a method that would have also be used in Shakespearian times.
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I didn’t want to make a reduction print o I had to look at other methods to combine two colours.
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Using mono print will allow me to contrast bold lino print shapes with the delicate line work created by the mono.
Reversing the mono prints •
Initially the idea was for the prints was similar the the image on the right, however I found the negative space left misplaced the print and there wasn’t the same dramatic atmosphere generated by the image that i wanted.
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But buy printing the plate it allows for the lino print to blend into the image better making them look more like a collaborative unit then two different images smashed together. Also it the becomes a contrast between dark (lino print) and light (mono print) which works into the themes of dark/light love/ hate generated throughout Othello.