Emily Harvey, Author at The Curious Printmaker

Lens paper for printmaking

Posted by Emily Harvey | Chine collee, Materials

This fine gossamer tissue has three excellent qualities for printmakers; it is very thin, very strong, and not expensive. In this post I want to introduce you to some of its potential for printmaking.

Make your own Plan Chest!

Posted by Emily Harvey | Equipment

Do you get plan chest envy? Do you dream of lovely neatly labelled drawers full of smooth flat...

Printing carborundum plates in relief and intaglio

Posted by Emily Harvey | Carborundum

Sometimes it is good to go back to basics to unpick just how different platemaking materials interact and behave when you ink them, so whether you are an old hand with carborundum printing or it is a new area for you I hope this will give you food for thought and something to experiment with.

Design a two-plate collagraph print

Posted by Emily Harvey | Collagraphs

Sometimes it’s not practical to fit everything onto one printing plate!
I am going to explain why I decided to use two plates for this collagraph print and how I worked out the process of designing and constructing the printing plates.