I wanted to incorporate a ethical aspect into this project, with consideration to traditions of paper mache and my interests in paper manipulation and bookbinding, paper seemed a good pathway for me to undertake this project.
After discussing my ideas with Nigel I decided making paper would be the best place to start. As my interests lie with current storytelling I thought it would be appropriate to incorporate Covid 19 Articles into the paper I would be making into bowls. ( I have already been experimenting with previously made hand made paper but I thought it would be more appropriate to use a paper with more relevance to the ideas I am exploring.
Usually this paper would be rolled but I have purposely made some of these sheets thicker for textural value so i may only roll some of them. This paper will be what I print my dry etching plates onto.
I have booked a one to one tutorial with Nigel so he can go through the process and safety protocols for printing. so this is what i will be doing next week.
Moving Forward I want to use this paper for my dry point printing experiments to see if the paper would hold the print well or if it would disintegrate , alswell as this I want to have a second go at making this paper but including more chunky bits of text and even collaging news paper articles or words into the paper before using the mould and deckle to form the paper sheet.
Lara Hoad Artist Designer: Maker 