Distortion of Previous Experiments

 Acrylic Transfer

After listening to members of my class talk about their own personal investigations, one person spoke about their theme of water and particularly their experiments with distortion. I want to try this with my own theme and distort my pieces and therefore change the way they are perceived.

I began by doing acrylic transfers using photocopies on my paper-cut experiments based off of the painting Son of Man. I painted a generous layer of white acrylic paint and placed the photocopy face down and pressed down to remove any air bubbles and make sure it was evenly stuck down.

After I firmly pressed the photocopy down I left it to dry for 24 hours so that all of the pigment would have properly fused with the acrylic paint.

Using water and a sponge I gently rubbed the paper away.

 I took a picture at the stage specifically because the image looks like a old style illustration from the 1940s, similar to the war recruitment posters.

This was the transfer while it was still wet, the image is very clear as the small remaining paper is clear still.

I purposely rubbed the sponge harder around the edges as I wanted to give a worn effect with white scratches cracking through.

This is the finished piece, I feel that it went well as I was trying ti make it look old and distorted. With the scrapes of white and areas of little clarity I think I was successful in producing a old, worn-looking image.

I would like to try this further with other images, specifically layering images and creating a similar effect.

 Sellotape Transfer

 Following on with distortion, I tried layering my images using the sellotape transfer method.

I photocopied one of my previous experiments created a transfer using sellotape. I then placed this on other images from the same series or images, similar the changing the opacity on Photoshop down and layering images.

This was the image I created the transfer with, I specifically used this one as it had a lot of negative space allowing the vibrant and busy backgrounds of the other images to show through.

The first one I did used loud background of a tree and its reflection in a large puddle.

I like how clear the branches shine through yet still allow the water to be clearly visible. However the fruit from the base image cannot be seen.

The second image was of a path with trees on one side and with a metal fence on the other.

The tree on the right can be seen clearly however the fence is less visible but there is some distortion on that side due to the tall, yellow plants.

My final experiment is the one I prefer due to the graveyard showing through hazily with the lake also being visible to see.

I love how the piece balances itself out with the lighter atmosphere of the lake compared to the contrasting, dark and unnerving affect of the headstones.





To expand on this further I am going to photocopy the final piece and create an acrylic transfer to further distort the layered image.