Lithography.

For the first  3 weeks of Year 2 in printmaking, I have been learning how to lithograph. I got the the brief "Spaces, Structures and Systems". My first thought was deterioration and broken structures. Since you can only draw on the stone once, I wanted a simple image to represent this idea. I began looking at rotting apples, but after a few days of drawing them I found myself getting bored and it didnt seem to bring my ideas forward, only hold me back. I then began to focus more on broken structures, and I began looking at broken umbrellas. I founded these structures visually appealing to draw and I also liked the negative geometric shapes the skeleton of the umbrella created. I think this helps create my idea of broken structures more then the rotten apples. I'm looking at how as a society, we no longer have control of the "system", and slowly everything around us is breaking. In Limerick city itself, we can see many derelict buildings, broken windows, broken drainpipes, broken structures everywhere around us.