intaglio Archives - The Curious Printmaker

Silk Aquatint Printing up close

Posted by Emily | Collagraphs

Silk Aquatint printing up close In this post I am taking the idea of silk aquatint as a starting...

Preparing found materials for intaglio printing

Posted by Emily Harvey | Collagraphs

“How could I print from that?”Was the question I asked myself when I found this...

Inking collagraphs to enhance textures

Posted by Emily Harvey | Collagraphs

in this post I am taking you through an experiment I did to ink the plates and make the textures look even more 3d.

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.