Matt and glossy ink for collagraphs
Combining matt and glossy ink in collagraph prints Collagraph prints are usually made on thick...
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Category: Collagraph
Test printing a new collagraph plate
Test printing a new collagraph plate When I make a new plate I usually ink it up in at least 3...
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Silk Aquatint Printing up close
Silk Aquatint printing up close In this post I am taking the idea of silk aquatint as a starting...
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Inking collagraphs to enhance textures
in this post I am taking you through an experiment I did to ink the plates and make the textures look even more 3d.
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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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Design a two-plate collagraph print
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.
