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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Preparing found materials for intaglio printing
“How could I print from that?”Was the question I asked myself when I found this...
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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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Explore design with aluminium tape
its not just about technique and special effects; the role of design is to help organise all this material, bringing it together in a coherent way, and enabling you to express and share your ideas in a print.
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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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Printing carborundum plates in relief and intaglio
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.
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