Déjà vu in Wood Block Printing

Ameeshi Goenka PDP 301

Inspiration Going to MG Road for inspiration was our second day’s exercise after getting an introduction

to wood carving on the first day.

After going there and walking around MG road, Brigade road, Church street, St. Marks road,

Residency road and Magrath road, I noticed a lot of diversity in people, spaces, buildings and

sounds. Since I enjoy drinking beer, I decided to go to Pecos for lunch. After going there I

headed to Guzzler’s Inn and Le Rock. Seeing the pub culture, talking to the staff in these

places, listening closely to the songs, observing the interiors and making notes of the culture

inside the pubs inspired me to make my carvings on the Bangalore Pub Culture.

The lighting carving is made to represent the different levels of lighting in a pub and also how

dimly the entire space is lit.

The pub scenario depicts a woman (on the left in the print) in the form of a heart shape and

lips smoking a pipe, a cocktail apparatus in the centre with the human figures as stirrers and

a man (on the right in the print) from UK with a bow and a hat.

The John Lennon portrait was simply done because every bar played at least three of his songs.

I took a print out of his portrait because I can’t sketch portraits at all hence wanted to

carve the same.

Pub Lighting

Drawing Carbon copied on the White Teak Wood piece

Used knife for carving (2) Used knife for carving (1)

Completed carving and the first test print

(error: unequal pressure)

Second test print

Fourth Print (error: too much blue ink rolled) Third Print

Seventh Print (error: too much ink rolled)

Sixth Print Fifth Print

Abstract Pub Scenario

Initial Drawing

Carbon copied on the White Teak Wood piece

Using carbon paper to copy on the wood piece

Drawing highlighting the positive and negative

spaces

Used knife for carving (2) Used knife for carving (1)

Used knife for carving (3) Completed carving

Second Test Print

Completed carving , first and second test prints First Test Print (error: unequal pressure)

Third Print

Seventh Print (error: too much ink rolled) Sixth Print

Fifth Print Fourth Print (error: too much red ink)

John Lennon

Portrait Used knife for

carving (2)

Used knife for

carving (1)

Completed

Carving

Carbon copied on the

White Teak Wood piece

Applying even pressure on

the paper with a spoon Rolling ink on the wood carving

Second Test Print First Test Print (error- slight paper tear) Third Print

Sixth Print (error: too much ink rolled) Fifth Print Fourth Print (error- too much green ink)

Exhibition

Seven final prints mounted and

displayed at the N2 campus for

viewing.

Thank You