5/ final print 'Ears'

• This print is inspired by constancy of characters within Murakami's novels that are either deaf or have some kind of irregularity to do with their ears/hearing - misshapened, lopsided ears. 
• Within this print I really wanted to create the idea of silence or white noise which is symbolised through the variation of textures and wavy lines representing sound waves. 
• I used a monoprint of simple abstract faces in order to refer to the fact that this concept originated from characters within Murakami's novels. 
• In research I also found that people often associated 'blue' with silence as it infers peace and 'coolness', as well as loneliness. 
• I think this concept of mellowness or lack of 'noise' is emphasised through the fact that this print is left as only one colour, and the horizontal composition.