White ink has an interesting effect on your collagraph prints
It is hard to say exactly what has happened, but there is a distinct and positive improvement in the print, a bit like the way someone looks when they come back from holiday. Your print has more substance, more energy, and more clarity.
I think my first question ‘why clean up?’ is the wrong one to be asking. Cleaning up is an integral part of the printmaking process and one we should embrace in the manner of the Zen monks. It clears your mind after a printmaking session, providing a pause to your rhythm of work. If you spend time developing a cleaning up routine that suits you, the ritual soon becomes part of your creative practice.
A meditative cleaning up process helps you to love your tools and care for your studio space, leaving it ready to begin your next bout of creative activity.
Chine collee is an exciting and versatile technique for adding extra layers of colour, text and...
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UPDATE! April 2023 I have found a new “best glue for chine collee”, suggested by a...
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PVC foamboard is a really intersting material for printmakers. In this post I will take you through some different ways of using it for embossing.
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Sometimes you discover a new material, or a new use for an old material and it just gets your...
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