The Weight of Time
This project explores how Riso printing’s layered color technique can be employed to convey multiple dimensions within a single image. By embracing the medium’s distinctive qualities—such as its capacity for creative layering, characteristic misalignments, and unique color interactions—I sought to construct a visual narrative that moves beyond static representation. The central concept investigates whether the layering of colors can effectively illustrate the progression of time and the structural transformations inherent in an image.
The project was grounded in a series of photographs capturing flowers over a two-week period, documenting their gradual changes in form and structure. These images serve as a visual metaphor for the impermanence of nature and the passage of time. To translate this concept into Riso printing, I experimented with color layering and opacity, using these techniques to emphasize the dynamic transformations observed in the flowers and to convey a sense of temporal progression through the medium itself.
Each layer of color was thoughtfully assigned a role in conveying the narrative:
Blue Ink: Represented transformation and the evolving state of the flowers over time.
Black Ink: Functioned as a constant, providing a shadow-like presence to anchor the images to their origin.
The separation of colors was achieved by assigning specific channels of the image to each ink:\n- The cyan and black channels from the changing images formed the blue layer.\n- The yellow channel from the constant, initial image was used for the black layer.
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