Category: Printmaking
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Collagraph printing with Pringles
Collagraph printing with Pringles Collagraph printing is a versatile and creative printmaking technique that allows artists to create unique and textured prints. Traditionally, collagraphs are made by gluing various materials onto a rigid surface like cardboard or wood and sealing it which then becomes the printing plate. But you don’t have to do any of…
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Kitchen Litho
Kitchen Litho: And Dark arts of Printmaking Technique As a print maker working in wood cut and intaglio prints the concept is easy The ink sits on top of wood relief or sits in the groves of plates intaglio. Wellcome to my adventure into the dark arts Kitchen Litho, also known as Aluminum Foil Lithography,…
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Collagraph using recycled Takeaway lids
A collagraph is an artistic technique that uses everyday recycled materials such as takeaway lids to create an eye-catching, textured artwork. By experimenting with different tools and marks , you can create beautiful collagraphs without spending any money or contributing to the waste of our environment. To get started with a collagraph using recycled takeaways,…
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How to make a Simple Collagraph Print
In this post I’ll will share my collagraph ideas Creating a collagraph print can be a fun and exciting way to express yourself in a unique and interesting way. The process of making a collagraph print can also be relatively simple and cost-effective and solvent free . In this post, i will go over the…
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Relief printing with wallpaper
Textured wallpaper, or embossed textured wallpaper was designed to be on the walls and ceilings in1888.. This was popular with Victorians creating decorative patterns to replicate plastered ceilings. Anaglypta wallcoverings were used below the dado particularly in hallways and stairs as they were hard wearing replicate panel walls. Later it was used by the DIY…
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Tetrapak Intaglio prints
During lock down I was looking for more environmentally friendly ways to make print. I was already using Auka intaglio soy based ink and using the smallest amount of ink possible on the dry point. So i began the adventure into recycled materials like orange juice and soy milk cartons. These are Tetra Pak which…
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Drypoint and xcut Xpress
Xcut Xpress and drypoint experiment During lock-down I tried a dry point printing by hand using a wooden spoon. I found it very hard to get a clean and consistent print with this method . I had seen people using the xcut Xpress craft die cut press as a printing press on line. When the…
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Current work
After trying the cold laminating press I could not get a consistent print on the tetrapak collagraph prints. I bought a Sizzix Big Shot Pro Embossing and Die Cutting press in a sale to go with my Xcut press . Die cut presses are becoming a thing of the past, as they keep discontinuing them.This…
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