Elizabeth Lovatt
Printing Press
For my final project this term I made a mini printing press out of an old book shelf, half a lomokino movie camera, cotton reels, pegs, cardboard (lots of cardboard), toothpicks, pencils, bits of meccano, brackets, an ink pad, screws, nuts and bolts, blue tac, and super glue.
The theme was this term was around the mind. My concept was based on the idea of the mind as something that is constantly moving through space which can only be read through the impression it leaves behind. It seems impossible to capture the presentness of the mind, we are always one step behind ourselves as we strive to articulate complex and sometimes contradictory thoughts and emotions perceivable into words or actions.
It took a lot of fiddling around but I eventually managed to make some interesting impressions. I’d love to try something similar again but on a much bigger scale!
Printing Press
For my final project this term I made a mini printing press out of an old book shelf, half a lomokino movie camera, cotton reels, pegs, cardboard (lots of cardboard), toothpicks, pencils, bits of meccano, brackets, an ink pad, screws, nuts and bolts, blue tac, and super glue.
The theme was this term was around the mind. My concept was based on the idea of the mind as something that is constantly moving through space which can only be read through the impression it leaves behind. It seems impossible to capture the presentness of the mind, we are always one step behind ourselves as we strive to articulate complex and sometimes contradictory thoughts and emotions perceivable into words or actions.
It took a lot of fiddling around but I eventually managed to make some interesting impressions. I’d love to try something similar again but on a much bigger scale!