Description
To finish Art 330 on a strong note, I plan on having essentially three different prints to give to Freedom House, either to give to the residents there or for their gallery of hope.
The first two prints will be a screenprinted collage I made of Joseph Kittinger skydiving from the stratosphere combined with some illustrations I made of the sun and stars. While I had previously heard of Project Excelsior due to the album made by Adam Young, it wasn’t until I watched the music video for “Dayvan Cowboy” by Boards of Canada that I actually saw footage of the jump. I vividly remember getting chills while watching the video for the first time, not only inspired by the beautiful music, but by the breathtaking archived cinematography as well. It was with this inspiration that I created my design, which I am excited to finish screenprinting and giving to Freedom House for some of their residents to have.
While the two prints will be very identical visually, one version will have a blue background while the other one will be red. I plan on making an edition of 15 for each of these prints, giving about seven of each kind to Freedom House.
The third print will be of an image I made earlier in the semester of a boy trying to catch a frog. Since the image has a lot of layers and would take quite a bit longer than my Joseph Kittinger prints (which already has taken a lot of time), I plan on printing digital copies of this poster to give not only to the residents, but for the Gallery of Hope that Freedom House is doing.
Schedule
April 3rd: Work on printing red layer
April 5th: Print black layer
April 6th: Sign, date & title prints. Send in “boy with frog” print to digital print center.
April 10th: Pick up digital prints
April 19th: Drop off prints to Lydia
