Negotiated project printmaking update

So continuing the theme of Hokusai's Wave print, I did some screen prints of the wave in a freehand design. When I came to choose the print colours, I referred to a kimono that we bought when we lived in Japan many years ago.  The Japanese put colours together that the Western eye would probably say 'clashed'. I also did an etching of a carp from a stencil in a Japanese Country textiles book I had.

 

 After this I then added a purple colour

Wave with 2 colours

We scanned this print into photoshop and then played around with repeat prints in negative colour on an print background I had created

The purple circles are based on the wheels of Japanese carriages and there is a windsurfers stencil shape in the background to reflect modern fun with waves!