Tar Gel for collagraph plates
Tar gel is fantastic stuff to add to collagraph plates, it will help you create lively dynamic effects, and is really fun to use as welI.I assumed that everybody knew about Tar Gel, but recently when…
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Category: Materials
Traditional Papermaking
Visiting Moulin du Verger for a conversation with Jaques Brejoux, (with my pretty rusty French and his pretty good English) felt like stepping back several centuries to a time when the master paper maker was an artist in his own right.
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Lens paper for printmaking
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.
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Mix a tonal colour palette
This post will help you develop your own tonal colour palette for more subtle colour schemes with just a couple of inks
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Beloved – the story of a print
Beloved – the story of a print I want to share the creative process of making my recent piece...
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Graded shadows in collagraph prints
Discover how to create graded shadows and highlights on collagraph plates, producing 3d and...
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