Prints & impressions

ARTWORKS by second year Federation University Australia Bachelor of Visual Arts students are on display at Unicorn Lane.

The exhibition Impressions: Explorations in Printmaking is on display until Wednesday 21 August and showcases the skills students have learnt within printworking.

Students exhibiting are Alyssa Goodwin, Jennifer Hart, Brielle Hogan, Clayton Keefe, Rachel King, Blythe Plier, Tahlia Roberts and Izzie Sterk.

“I think it means a lot to a lot of different but people but personally for me the Impressions exhibition is about your perspective and view on the world,” said Sterk.

“With printmaking especially, it allows you to see the world in a new view especially when you’re doing something like photogravure.”

Sterk created two works for the exhibition, and she used the photogravure technique with images of shells and crochet.

“It allows you to take a photo and through a process of placing this image on a plate, inking it up and placing it on a piece of paper, it’s almost as if you can see what the person intends you to see from this photo, which you often don’t get through just photography,” she said.

“The photos I used were photos I had taken out and about and photos of my own artwork.”

Sterk said she hopes her artworks evoke a sense of playfulness with viewers.

“Gathering seashells is something that a lot of people don’t normally do after the end childhood and it was more a nod to being a child again and connecting with that inner child,” she said.

“I hope that they can connect with their inner child a little bit when they see my works.”