Texture investigation

Rutger Emmelkamp asked us to make a 'Texture investigation'. He gave us no other instructions whatsoever.

My starting point was some try-outs with acrylics and nylon on A4 paper but i quickly moved to a digital medium.

I created a series of "how to" images starting with a picture I made two years ago of an old book which then I darken by limiting the color field in Photoshop's 'Levels' repeatedly and magnify repeatedly as well to get a new texture.

Next step was to take that texture and make pictures of it in movement to get another new texture which then is darken and magnified for the last time.

The series was printed on A3 sheets and presented to the class.

Starting point

Acrylics on A4 paper 

Acrylics on A4 paper

Acrylics on A4 paper

Acrylics and nylon on A4 paper

Acrylics, nylon and wood on A4 paper

The final presentation

The initial image

magnified

magnified

Levels

Levels

Levels

Magnified

Magnified

Magnified

Magnified

Magnified

Magnified

Image in movement

Snap shot of the movement

Hue changed

Image rotated and darken

Magnified for the last time