The moral of the tale is don’t clear up leftover ink until you have given yourself permission to play a bit. It is exciting to discover that just when you thought it was all over something new comes along…….
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Here is the story of creating the ‘Midwinter Solstice’ print, I thought it was a good example as I started with no plan, just a spark of an experiment, and through allowing the creative process to unfold a new print was born!
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Vinyl records are great ready made printing plates; thin and flat they’ll go through a printing press under pressure.
The variety of smooth and ridged areas on the surface hold ink in different ways, and you often get lettering in the mix as well.
Melt Tyvek to make unusual textured printing plates
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Once you have eaten enough crisps and drunk plenty of coffee you should have what you need to experiment with metallised foil printing plates.
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Many people who already had aluminium tape in their tool box hadn’t really explored its potential, and people who came to it for the first time were very excited by the possibilities. I hope the examples here will set you off on some experiments of your own…..
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