The meaning of my design was to show two different cultures. Since I am from two different cultures, I’ve decided to add the Vietnamese-American design on my lino print. The two sticks that represent a traditional dress pattern is on the top while the american flag is split up into stars and stripes in the triangles. So since the American flag takes most of the space I added in the triangles as part of the vietnamese design for the print. In my drawing design, I wanted to pattern A like the print above, and Pattern B with the opposite.
I have learnt how to print using a brayer and ink to print on paper and I have also improved my carving skills. One of the skills I've learnt was to blend ink together and create new colors in between to make the colors kind of rainbowy. I've also improved on adding the ink on and spreading it evenly throughout the paper. One of the most challenging things that happened during the process was when I had to evenly align the print so that it could be even instead of smothering the paper into a big messy blob.
I chose this as my final print out of all the other ones was because a) Black looked good for my print and b) It was the one I hadn't messed up on. In my print, you can see how I mixed three colors in and made them form more colors in the middle. You can see the texture
I have learnt how to print using a brayer and ink to print on paper and I have also improved my carving skills. One of the skills I've learnt was to blend ink together and create new colors in between to make the colors kind of rainbowy. I've also improved on adding the ink on and spreading it evenly throughout the paper. One of the most challenging things that happened during the process was when I had to evenly align the print so that it could be even instead of smothering the paper into a big messy blob.
I chose this as my final print out of all the other ones was because a) Black looked good for my print and b) It was the one I hadn't messed up on. In my print, you can see how I mixed three colors in and made them form more colors in the middle. You can see the texture