About the Author peer crits

Had a peer crit double douse today, which i don't think was massively necessary as i think i'd be more interested in seeing peoples final finished work hanging up rather than sketchbooks, roughs, mock-ups or initial screen print attempts. Was suggested by Ben that i maybe do my final print in the form of a lino cut, in an attempt to make me stop worrying about creating technically perfect looking screen prints? I can see where he was coming from, and maybe i couldve considered this option a bit more seriously, but at this late stage i think I'm probably going to have to commit to the screen print option, as i was. My imagery has a fair bit going on in them, and i just don't think i could simplify them enough to make them work as a lino cut. Having seen what Georgie's been knocking out with her amazing lino cuts it has inspired me to give it a proper go myself at some point, if i ever find a way to strip back the amount of detail (some digitally created) I'm using in my work.

Didn't get a huge amount of useful peer feedback on how to move forward with the project - a couple of comments about one of my earlier designs (eyes & beard) and how i needed to make it look "less like eggs and chips". I was consciously trying to make this piece a bit more surreal and not so obviously a beard and eyes, but it seems the public just isn't getting it? So will go back and have a rethink, as it's one of the four final images id like to screen print. The more i look at it now, the more i see french fries. Good to have an outsiders perspective on it, even if it does ultimately mean i've got to massively alter the image.

"Eggs & Chips"