Another layer for another Dimention

   

On the second last day of the project, there was a relatively big change in the content. The collaboration between the local silkscreen workshop, CLEAR GRAPHIC, and myself finally came into the shape.
Mr. Matsumura, the director of the workshop, pushed the project further to present the visual dialogue between each artist's works. It was organically developed, found and extracted, and linked poetically by my translation and mediation. This was only possible because of the length of 5 weeks' progress, and the encouragement by Mr. Matsumra.
He kindly shared his skill and interest. He says, "as a printer, I found most interesting when I understand the intention and essence of work, and I can emphasis the concept and let it stay firmly as a print work." Through his network, he printed works by various ways of printing and kinds of papers.

   

(top lef: Gaku, silkscreen print on cut out yellow paper / top right: Thea, digital print of a still image from her video work on paper & silkscreen print on film / bottom left: Elizabeth, laser print on tracing paper /bottom right: Utako, edited b&w image digital printed & colored area silk screened)

Printmakers who knows about colours

Printing texts on the fabric, at Silk Screen Workshop 'Kuriya Graphic' in Musashino City, next to Suginami ward where Youkobo is located.

Selecting colour from a book on Japanese Traditional Colour. Elizabeth chose to create an gradation of blue colour for her second text.

The director, Mr. Matsumura and his assistant, Ms. Tanaka. They are printers and artists. Elizabeth says, "Mr. Matsumura is genious." He is, indeed, and Ms. Tanaka gives him an excellent assist. They were willing to play with colours according to what is in the text, and in relation to the colour of fabric.

The piece should be graphically interesting as well as being readable. 

Coming Soon...