In today's session I explored the use of tea staining paper as an aging effect for my print artifacts and I also tried burning the prints as well to achieve a more tattered well-aged effect. The first print artifact that I tried these different techniques on was my map of my fictional country. The first thing I did was stain the paper by rubbing wet teabags on both sides of the paper and then let it dry out. This created a yellowed look typical of old papers and rougher texture that also captures the feel of aged paper artifacts. I then printed the map onto the newly yellowed (and dried) paper to see how it looks when it is mounted onto the paper. So far the map looks great thanks the other aged paper texture I had already added to its design and the fact I went out of the way to erase some elements to further solidify its age, but I'm not quite done with this map yet, so I do a controlled burn on the print using a heat gun to blacken and char parts of it so that it might crumble a bit or darken it to a much older looking colour. In conclusion these aging experiments have been a great success as they help to sell the authenticity of my country and it helps in making the age of the artifacts show a bit easier.
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