This category is the most extensive of all. UNIT2 has been much more practical in order to realize the project proposal and to prepare for the final exhibition. Quite a few of these posts have been referred to as links in the body text of UNIT2 Assessment page, so I’ll just highlight in green those that haven’t and that I still think of importance.

Exhibition build
An account and some photographs I took of the show build.

Exhibition proposal
Where I looked at the different possibilities for displaying the iMacs.

Publicity
A display of the chosen images for the artist card and show reel as well as a short version (50 words) of the artist statement.

Final Intaglio Printing
Aa report on the printing of the last set of valves and my choice of framing method.

Final Chronophotography Piece
A recount on the technical side of the production of my chronophotography piece. I explain about the capture of the images, the post-production and the compression of the footage.

Inking and Printing – part 4
This details a successful attempt to print the first set of valves.

Inking and Printing – part 3
Third time of inking and printing, still no success. Trying to find a solution to the printing of the valves.

Chronophotography footage
Presenting the different pieces of recorded footage and the thoughts about the final display of the piece.

Inking and Printing – part 2
Second time of inking and trying to print. Evaluation of the results and thoughts on how to improve on this outcome.

‘Is it over’ exhibition
An external exhibition with MA students from MADA and from the RCA. A very good rehearsal for the show build.

Inking and Printing
A recount of the first time of inking, a lot of considerations had to be taken into account, a long time of preparation, but unfortunately the results were not good enough.

Valve evolution
A recount on the technique followed to produce the valves digital images, using bracketing to capture the images and then treat them in post-production using Photoshop and Photomatix.

Printing the first plate
Where I describe the method of printing my first good plate. It was a key moment, when I got the print I was very pleased and decided that this was going to be the methodology I would follow for my final output.

Digital Negatives
A second alternative to Photo Intaglio. Once you have the negative then it can be used in the darkroom as a ‘contact negative’. This is a process that follows traditional processes from the 19th century such as salt printing, lith printing and  platino printing. The only problem with this method is that it needs extensive research.

Print making
Initial attempt on Photo Intaglio.  I used a positive that was of 45 lpi and I etched a vaporjet plate and a solar plate. The results were quite coarse so I knew I needed a better positive. Also the solar plate didn’t work as I didn’t use an aquatint screen on the exposure. It was a good investigation that led me to refine my technique.