Printing from Clingfilm
In this post I will show you how to use clingfilm to transfer images to paper without a press. We...
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Tag: Relief
Textured wallpaper for collagraph printing
Discover a great resource of FREE textured patterns ready for printing as relief or intaglio!...
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The transparent ink question
People are often confused by the difference between transparent ink and linseed oil, and how these two elements affect your inks for printmaking.
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Improve your collagraph prints with white ink
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.
Cleaning up printmaking inks
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.
Printmaking rollers from old toner cartridges
If you do get your hands on redundant toner cartridges it is definitely worth extracting the rollers; their unusual shape may bring a new element to your printmaking.
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