2.Sharon (Mother) Left Hand
Here i have got friends and relatives to put there finger prints in a table i had drawn. They done this by placing each individual finger on both hands in ink and then printed it onto the paper. I asked them to do this 6 times so i could find at least one decent print of each finger which i could analyse.
On the right hand the most successful prints i found where:
Thumb- attempt 5
Index Finger-attempt 5 and 6
Middle Finger- attempt 4 and 5
Ring Finger- attempt 5
Pinky- attempt 5
The least successful prints where:
Thumb- 1 and 2
Index Finger- 1, 2 and 3
Middle Finger- 1 and 2
Ring Finger- 1, 2 and 3
Pinky- 1 and 2
On the Left hand i found that the most successful were:
Thumb- attempt 4 and 5
Index Finger- attempt 4 and 5
Middle Finger- attempt 3 and 4
Ring Finger- attempt 5
Pinky- attempt 3
The least successful prints where:
Thumb- 1, 2 and 3
Index Finger- 1 and 2
Middle Finger- 1 and 2
Ring Finger- 1 and 2
Pinky- 1 and 2
I have noticed the better effective prints were attempts 4 and 5. This is because there wasn't too much ink on the finger because it was used on attempts 1 and 2 and there wasn't too little ink unlike attempt 6. Also the amount of pressure which the person puts on the paper would effect the print.
Do a search for Saul Steinberg's illustrations using fingerprints - if you can;t make a font out of fingerprints, can you make an illustration?
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