Following my work with plasticiene, I have been considering materials that I could use that have the same dough like qualities, that will maintain the imprint of a surface, but at the same time will go rock solid, so could potentially be utilised in the production of prints.
I have researched into making plasticiene and play dough and have discovered salt dough, which can be made using equal measure of flour and salt with a table spoon of water.
I have made some dough and experimented imprinting surfaces of walls, floors and iron works on a short walk along Dover sea front. The dough does take the imprint of the surface, as the plasticiene did, however once I had baked the imprints in the oven, they rose slightly meaning that some of the detail has been lost, in addition to becoming so hard and brittle that they would not be able to go through the press.
On the other hand, I think that the relief imprints are successful in that due to their monochromatic colour they allow the viewer to focus solely on the patterns and textures and not the contextual purpose of the original surface.
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| Making the Dough |
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| The Imprint |
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| Baking it in the Oven |
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