Burning collagraph plates introduces exciting random and organic methods to your platemaking. I love this technique as you give up a certain amount of control and allow your materials to guide your creative process.
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Melt Tyvek to make unusual textured printing plates
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Once you have eaten enough crisps and drunk plenty of coffee you should have what you need to experiment with metallised foil printing plates.
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The mesh is robust but malleable, it doesn’t go all floppy and get clogged up with ink like some natural fabrics. The thin filaments are stiff enough to handle easily and print really well.
Its simple woven structure makes a great starting point for prints. You can play around with distorting, unravelling and melting it too.
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Wood grain contains evocative organic patterns suggesting the flow of water, clouds or geological landforms.
It is fun to incorporate it intoyour prints, and if you let yourself ‘go with the flow’ the natural designs may suggest new themes and imagery for your work.
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