{"id":3662,"date":"2016-06-18T06:26:17","date_gmt":"2016-06-18T06:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/?p=3662"},"modified":"2026-04-16T07:20:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T07:20:21","slug":"a-wall-full-of-anomalies-decision-made","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/?p=3662","title":{"rendered":"A wall full of anomalies: decision made!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I thought that I had made up my mind on the images for the all-important back\u00a0wall of my exhibition. I was going to use one of the\u00a0fossil-like plates, so I spent an afternoon in the Print Room at the University of Lincoln, ready to try the plate\u00a0shown below.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_2818.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3653 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_2818-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"A plate for 'The Fourteen'?: collagraph plate detail\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The plate printed well, but I wanted a quality that was far greater and enigmatic than &#8216;good&#8217; or &#8216;ok&#8217;.\u00a0On a whim, I revisited one of the crescent moons printed a few days earlier. I realised that the variety of materials and textures had such huge potential, and that I could exploit this for use on that wall. So, I got to work on testing the six plates&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_2901.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3664\" src=\"http:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_2901-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"A wall full of anomalies: decision made! Crescent moon print 1\" width=\"940\" height=\"705\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_2902.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3665\" src=\"http:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_2902-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"A wall full of anomalies: decision made! Crescent moon print 2\" width=\"940\" height=\"705\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_2904.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3666\" src=\"http:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_2904-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"A wall full of anomalies: decision made! Crescent moon print 3\" width=\"940\" height=\"705\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The results were very encouraging. The combination\u00a0of the two blues used and the deep impressions in the Somerset paper really made me smile when I saw the prints. Most importantly, multiple\u00a0prints\u00a0produced subtle differences in the patterns \u2013 interesting and intriguing &#8216;anomalies&#8217; that\u00a0embodied the title of the exhibition. I haven&#8217;t shown prints from the chosen plate here, as I want to save that surprise\u00a0for the show!<\/p>\n<p>So, for that tricky back wall display, it&#8217;s decision made!<\/p>\n<p>[spacer height=&#8221;20px&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, please have a look at a\u00a0filmed introduction on my printmaking, shot at The Ropewalk earlier this year. You can see it on:<\/p>\n<p>You Tube\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/zU8fnbvyJIw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/zU8fnbvyJIw<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/span>Vimeo:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/152998998\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>https:\/\/vimeo.com\/152998998<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow the story of the exhibition at:\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Anomalies16?src=hash\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>#A<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>nomalies1<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>6<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Find all my posts\u00a0about Art Printworks stories on Twitter at:\u00a0<strong><a style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/artprintstories?src=hash\">#artprintstories<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><script><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I thought that I had made up my mind on the images for the all-important back\u00a0wall of my exhibition. 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