Gigs & Graphics is a collaboration between Northern Lights, Sound City, Toucan Tango and The Paper Moon. They have programmed three components to engage all of us who love art and music – particularly those who study art and music, or work in these fields already – and are looking for connections, advice and want to geek out.
Upon arrival I was a bit shocked of the scale (very small), I don't know why but I expected a bigger exhibition showcasing a lot more work. But there was some fantastic work on show, the sheer talent and creativity was amazing. Whilst analysing the various prints I was slowly becoming aware on how they achieved the effect through working on layers and screen printing is all about layers. Layers of colour. If you imagine taking an image, it can be broken down into it’s component colours. For example, with a picture of a landscape, you could have the blue sky, the green grass and the brown trees (and maybe a grey cat?). These would make up your individual screens. You can then use these components to create screens (or masks) of three different colours that would be printed one on top of the other to create the final image. Depending on the type of paint/ink you are using, when certain colours are printed on top of one another, you will get a mix of those colours. Part of the art of screen printing is managing this mixing (called overprint) to produce the desired results. .The work on show was expertly used using these techniques which will most definitly be put into practice in my future projects, especially posters, promotional content.
A print by Drew Millward. A personal favourite of mine within the entire exhibition.
