The brief for the digital print design was that it had to based on your family history and chose to use my Jewish heritage as inspiration. Interestingly, the reason I chose to focus on this is not because it it important to me, but almost the opposite. I have a very difficult relationship with religion. It means nothing to me but I can't deny my Jewish origins and heritage are a big part of my family tree and make me who I am. Although I don't follow the religious beliefs and boundaries of Judaism, I still identify myself as Jewish. This is because I am proud of how strong the Jewish people have remained despite what they have fought through in the past. In a way this relates to my own personal struggles as I have been through some incredibly tough and painful experiences yet have come out stronger.
I created my print by scanning an old, faded Hebrew prayer book which belonged to my dad. I have always thought of Hebrew as a very aesthetically interesting and beautiful language, so I thought it would create good prints. As there was not a lot of colour in the pages, I used layering to make my prints interesting and prevent them from looking too minimal. I used a lot of sheer layers to create a sort of 'newsprint' effect. I really like the vintage sepia tones of the aged pages, and the interesting contrast between old print, and digital.
When putting it on the model, I experimented with scale and found that I preferred it very big as it then became more abstract, fresh and contemporary.
I was also partly inspired by 80's pop stars such a Boy George and Madonna, who often wore religious iconography, particularly Jewish, in a controversial way, which made something very old look fresh, rebellious and and edgy. These are some images of references to religious iconography in fashion which helped to inspire this print.
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