Linocut - Printmaking Identity Theft & Fraud.

The first two photos of artwork are of my linoleum block. We had to use this for our stamp and we had to carve out our stamp as we made our print. As you can see that the linoleum block gets destroyed as you cut out the layers. In the end the block is thrown away.
The next two are of my printmaking art project. It is on print paper and is an 11x14 done with Acrylic Ink. This art piece was completed in January 2010. I chose Identity Theft & Fraud as my subject because I experienced this in February 2009. It happens more than we know to thousands of people. My visa was stolen out of the department and from there she was able to access all my personal information. This included my address, SIN number, driver’s license and more. First she purchased a Home Depot card and a Future Shop card witch she maxed out to the limit. Then she was able to walk into a bank and try to access my accounts, thankfully the cashier was smart and realized the height and weight on the card did not match the person and refused her access. From there she went and filed a false Income Tax Return and so on. With this printmaking you have to carve out a stamp one piece at a time. You start with the first colour and roll the acrylic ink onto the stamp, apply your stamp onto the paper and then go back to your stamp and carve out the next section. You then apply your second colour and apply it to the paper. This procedure goes on until you have finished your carving your stamp and the print is finished. I carved the white out first and then painted yellow, next was carving out the yellow and painting on the skin colour. I carved out the skin colour and then used red, carved out the red and then used brown, carved out the brown and then used black and it was finished. The hard part was trying to get the stamp in the exact place as the first time.