Samantha PICKERING
Woodleigh School
VCE Studio Arts 3 & 4
Artist statement: This series of three photographs is an emotional piece that has underlying meaning littered throughout. These photographs took inspiration from an old proverb – see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil – and the emotional struggles that the subject is undergoing. This final art piece reflects the struggles I went through during quarantine, expressing all the creativity that has sparked from it. This work has been a way to sort out my own feelings about COVID-19 quarantine.
Also known as Giclee prints or bubble-jet prints, pigment ink-jet prints are generated by computer printers from digital or scanned files using dye-based or pigment-based inks. A series of nozzles spray tiny droplets of ink onto the paper surface in a precise pattern that corresponds to the digital image file. In dye-based prints the ink soaks into the paper, whereas in pigment-based prints the ink rests and dries on top of the paper surface.
Whilst the term is broad, pigment ink-jet prints have come to be associated with prints produced on fine art papers. They are the most versatile and archival method of printing available to photographers today. A wide variety of material on which an image can be printed with such inks are available, including various textures and finishes such as matte photo paper, watercolour paper, cotton canvas or pre-coated canvas.
