Elizabeth Efferson
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PRinTMaKiNG
Fall 2022.
In September-November 2022 I took a Printmaking elective and explored several mediums that were new to me. This page highlights a few of my favorite projects and processes that resulted from that work. Linocut, Lithograph, and Etching.
LinOcut
"Dollhouse"
13-print series.
My inspiration for this piece was Edwardian-era prints from around 1900-1910. These prints often showed women as the submissive character in the scene and I thought it would be interesting to draw one of these women in a room that makes her look very dominant and plainly just tall.
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Three printing plates were used in the creation of these prints. One for the lightest tones in the floor, windows, and figure. Another for the mid-tones in the majority of the background, and one for the black lines.
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I experimented with many different color palettes but liked the red/yellow and turquoise/beige combinations the best of the lot.
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LithOgraph
"Self-Portrait with Rectangles"
12 print series.
I was inspired by 1930s-50s fashion advertising for this project. I wanted to work with bold colors and simple shapes for this process since I was very unfamiliar with it. I used an image of myself for the figure simply to avoid copyright issues.
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When I was printing this series I was not expecting the very visible texture that would be seen on the paper. I didn't account for that in the design so I had to try different color palettes as I went.
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