Final samples and outcome!

  Above is a sample showing the final colourscheme and print design for my outcome. I decided on a painterly washed blue background, inspired by the oxidized silver, with a cool grey toned purple mono print, and warm mahogany lino print, all colours I was most drawn to from the treasures. With particular emphasis on the worn, ruby red and amethyst garnets seen in artifacts such as the belt buckle below...

 

Photographs of the process of creating my outcome, and the finished work.  I am very pleased with how it has come together. I like the depth and added level of interest the painterly washed blue background gives the print, reminding me of prints by the English Eccentrics. I think the colours are successful. The mahogany lino prints stand out the most, creating contrast for the delicate monoprints, they are combined with, which are more subtle and intricate. Not only do I think the physical shapes of the motifs work, but also the shapes seen between each print, creates a pattern of its own. I feel I have captured the handcrafted, aged, slightly imperfect qualities of the historic Sutton Hoo treasures, through the mono print, and also the areas of lino that are not so opaque, which gives the print character, similar to that seen in the handcrafted details of the treasures. The slightly faded appearance of the prints also reminds me of the hazy patterns I saw on garments in Valention’s SS14 collection.