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Zart Extra Term 1 2011

Iconic Landmarks in Print

Mullauna College, Mitcham

A Year 12 student’s final work is a snapshot of one of Melbourne’s iconic facades. Ruby shares with us the process she went through to produce this magnificent work.

This year in Year 12 Art I decided that I would like to explore types of architecture from different locations and time periods. Every country has its own trademark for famous architecture. In Unit 3, I explored and trialled a variety of materials, techniques and processes, which I used as starting points for “my body of work”. I then decided I would like to do lino printing (very large lino printing).

The first one would be based on the “Taj Mahal” in India and the second piece as a comparison, of “Luna Park” in Melbourne. These two types of architecture are similar but also quite different. The large lino print of “Luna Park” was something I have always wanted to do, to make it stand out and make the viewer be impressed by its size.

Firstly I took my own photos of “Luna Park” in both black and white, and colour. This helped me with sketching my ideas, final design and colour roughs. After this I reduced a smaller drawing to 50%, then photocopied onto an overhead transparency and projected it to full size onto the sheet of lino. The lino came in a roll of which I cut off the size I wanted. I couldn’t use the school’s printing press because of its size, so I had to print it on two art tables pushed together and then by hand. I then proceeded to print each colour as required on paper which was also on a large roll.

It was quite a difficult task, the inking-up of every colour and I needed another person to help me register each colour. I was very happy with the final result which I mounted onto a piece of hardwood board and then painted the edges black. I also worked into the actual lino print itself with soft pastels and mounted it on a hardwood board and displayed this with my finished lino print.

Ruby Fillipino
Year 12 Art                                                                                 
Mullauna College, Mitcham


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