Music Inspired Prints- Mariella

The music item I selected for this particular project was an image of Micheal Jackson.  Micheal Jackson was a famous singer/dancer known as the king of pop. His talent was recognized from a very young age and still is today although is death in 2009 left many heartbroken. His songs were very influential, touching millions around the globe. The images that follow show a dance position on the cover of his album called This Is It.

This first image shows a flowing rhythm. The curved, blue lines as well as white lines, running throughout the image provide a sense of movement allowing us to notice the printed image of Micheal Jackson in the center.

 This next image is an example of alternating rhythm. Dark and light blue circles behind Micheal Jackson are changing color and size. The rhythm goes Dark blue, big circle, light blue, small circle, Dark blue, big circle, etc.

Regular rhythm is being shown in this particular image. The white circles evenly placed behind the main aspect of the printed Micheal Jackson, create a regular rhythm because they are repeated throughout the entire frame with regular intervals at similar sizes and directions. Our eyes can follow this continuous pattern throughout the entire image.

 This last image is an example of progressive rhythm. Progressive rhythm shows a sequence of forms through a progression of steps. The progression of different colors and sizes from the bottom of the image to the top express this rhythm. The purple at the bottom being the largest, to the orange at the top, being smallest.

To begin this project, I needed to select an image related to music. After searching for several music related photos, I came across the image of Micheal Jackson in this dance position. After cropping the image to the desired size, I printed it and began the process of copying it onto the see-through paper with a B pencil. The copied image was then printed onto a yellow sticky paper known as mask-ease. Once copied, I then used the knife to carve out the aspects of the image that would be printed. This part of the entire project was the most challenging because at times it was very difficult to cut the small parts of the image correctly. After this step was finally completed, I proceeded to move the mask-ease onto the screen that would be used for printing the final image. In order to print these images, ink was needed. By using ink, an ink palette, newspaper, two wooden sticks, a squeegee, and the screen, I was able to complete the process. The screen was placed on top of the wooden sticks with newspaper underneath to keep the ink from making a mess everywhere. The squeegee tool was then used to move the ink across the image from top to bottom, adding more ink with a spoon if needed. To then transfer to the paper, you simply placed the screen on top of it while pressing firmly down with the squeegee. The end result of all the images were a success. Overall some aspects of this project were challenging, yet enjoyable.