Ben Gooding - Selected Prints

Printmaking has always been a key part of Gooding's practise. He does not approach it as a means of reproducing an image but as a vital process in and of itself. The prints he makes are all unique and could not be made by any other means.

A line will be drawn by hand. This will then be repeated at regular integers in a parallel fashion such that no line superimposes another until a block of lines has been made. Due to the identical nature of each line, the block has a sense of a unified movement. This is then exposed onto a screen and used as a motif that can be in turn repeated.

A single point will be selected within the bounds of the linear block which will act as an axis of rotation. The block will then be repeated as an overprint around that point with each successive layer moving at regular integers. With each repeat, a pattern of increasing complexity emerges.

The curvature of the initial line, the number of lines that make up a block, the point of rotation, the eccentricity of the rotation, the number of repeats, the colour and thickness of the lines, the transparency or opacity of the ink are all variables that can be changed and each has a dramatic effect on how the final work will look.

In every print though, one can discern an order in the layers of pattern and although these works might be visually complex, there is a clear structure that emerges.

"Untitled", unique screen-print on Fabriano paper, 60x60cm, 2020

"Untitled", unique screen-print on Fabriano, 60x60cm, 2020

"Untitled", unique screen-print on Fabriano paper, 60x60cm, 2016

"Untitled", unique screen-print on Fabriano paper, 60x60cm, 2015

"Untitled", unique screen-print on Fabriano paper, 60x60cm, 2014

You may also like