Printing Press

Ok so,

         Today I did my first ever print which is fairly exciting- well for me anyway ..  When I was looking at the daunting bag of old money thrown on my desk the idea of the print came- layers and layers of 5,10,20,50 euro notes and a few skattered coins. I actually really like the way the prints turned out seeming as my first!

I also decided to do a slightly 3d abstract sort of piece- its just a starting point for more 3d work- I found articles on Money and the Stock markets in the Irish Independent newspaper which I tore out and glued on top of eachother.
The duplicated 20 euro note give a more childish approach to money as they reminded me of the Monopoly board game notes from my childhood!

I attended an interesting Lecture hosted by Mary Nagle which Typography was the subject- The slides that she showed us I feel really helped me with planning my project- The shadow of the cut out lettering portray the movement perfectly.