Monday, 24 October 2016

Study Task 1 - Importance of analogue articles

Here I did a bit of background research investigating what people think about analogue crafts and reasons why they like analogue things and highlighted the key/important/relevant words.

http://www.ee.columbia.edu/~kinget/why_analog.html

The (electronic) world is going Digital, why Analog? Peter Kinget

 "The more designs go digital, the more analog performance and value are required in every design to enhance the user experience."

 "the demands on analog design have actually grown with the advancement of digital technologies"

101 Reasons to buy handmade

  • My favorite reason to buy handmade is just that - it's handmade, which means quality, and a whole lot of love!
  • I buy handmade because someone else is using their talents to create gifts and decor that I myself cannot make. Buy handmade today!
Cammi Higley
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  •  Handmade products are more than just a product. There is love, creativity and uniqueness. And that shows.

Karin
stiksel.etsy.com

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  •  Handmade products always feel more personal to me.

Manny
Mannybeads.etsy.com
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  • It harkens back to the days of old when craftsmanship, creativity and quality were paramount - You are buying items not mass-produced and impersonal but are very personal not only to the buyer, but to the maker.  
Bethany
AnnieandOlive.etsy.com
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  •  That are often one-of-a-kind and that in turn makes shoppers feel more special. 


Chika, Dylan & Jean
Chikabird.etsy.com
ladiesandgentlemen.etsy.com

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https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2011/apr/24/mavericks-defying-digital-age

Analogue artists defying the digital ages/ Culture/ The Guardian

'Though enthusiasts and obsessives have stayed loyal to pre-digital formats, for the rest of us it feels like the vinyl record, the photographic print, the Polaroid camera, the analogue recording studio and the darkroom have been cast aside, rendered all but obsolete by a digitally driven culture that devours all that preceded it. '

'It values the hand-made, the detailed and the patiently skilful over the instantly upgradeable and the disposable. In his book The Craftsman, American thinker Richard Sennett warns that we are in danger of losing ourselves if we turn our backs on the learnt skills and craftsmanship that helped give our lives meaning. '

'For artist Naomi Kashiwagi, old technologies are simply a means to new and surprising ends. She customises mechanical musical hardware – gramophones, shellac records – then plays them to create live sound that allows for, and thrives on, the accidental: distortion, repetition, amplified crackles, rumbles and echoes. '

'In 1936, philosopher Walter Benjamin published his influential essay "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction", in which he suggested that a painting possessed a certain "aura" which a photograph or a film did not. The aura was to do with its uniqueness, its originality and, thus, its authenticity. '








Silk-screen Printing for Artists & Craftsmen

By Mathilda V. Schwalbach, James Alfred Schwalbach

This is a beautiful quote: 'The climax of the screen printing process is the actual production of the print. Here is where you find the excitement. For everything up to this point has been conjecture, ideas and hopes.'

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Sunday, 23 October 2016

Studio Task 3 - 20 images



This is an illustration on photoshop that is designed to have effects similar to those of analog handprinted images.

An initial image than photoshopped and enhanced… the ideals that are wanted to created, can’t do this in analog.

A photograph then turned to analog as a representation in a traditional ‘glamour’ effect.

Conversely this is very digitally produced.


 This Andy Warhol screenprint has a level of authenticity to it.


Aesthetically pleasing. The lines aren’t quite straight which and it has character. Even the background isn’t a solid colour which makes the piece also seen handcrafted.

Very vibrant high technicolour digital image.

Once the layer is cut there is no going back! Roll with it or start again…
The process of something being handmade is satisfying for the maker but also skill of craft is shown. 

Each print is exactly the same… nothing unique or special about each piece-won’t be sold/put anywhere unless it is perfect and identical.

With analog you have a limited amount of prints and they are all different and unique which makes it exciting and limited edition (more special)

A digitally produced album cover which is made to look vintage and handmade.

The Levellers album cover here is imperfect but this draws the eye in because it is clearly hand made.

Here is a digitally produced album cover- used lots of different overlapping layers to create abstract layers and bright colours due to the printer.

Love this image! The colours and the print are quite difficult than the original “plate” however it is alluring!

The grooves of the analog being picked up rather than signals.
Same debate occurs over the direction of music-vinyl’s, CDs and mp3 tracks.
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