The first plate is made from cardboard, card and papers, plastic fruit netting and scrim, stuck onto a piece of painted hardboard and sealed with several layers of floor varnish. The plastic nettin…
In this interview, Eunice Kim talks about environmental printmaking, her artistic practice, and her unique printmaking technique.
Making a few test prints on the plate-made-from-sensible-materials was quite successful, in that it turned out pretty much as I’d expected it to. The branches coming out of the top of the wal…
I have to admit, up front, that whilst I admire linocuts, they’re not me. I find it hard to get my head around the management of tone in a linocut. I find them overly controlled. Before this …
Collagraph, is one of the print media with which I work consistently. You will find the collagraph basics elsewhere but below is collagraphs according to me! All printmakers have our individual approaches to the medium.
Collagraph in the Classroom at a Glance Media & Techniques % %
Reduction Printmaking: In relief printing, a reduction print is a multicolor print in which the separate colors are printed from the same block. Usually, the lightest color is printed first and then the block is "reduced" by carving away certain areas to prepare the plate for the next color. The disadvantage of reduction printmaking is that once the print is complete, the process cannot be duplicated. The linocut is a printmaking technique similar to that of the woodcut, the difference bei
Here's another art history lesson for kids with a simple and easy printmaking art project based on Paul Klee.
Woodcut Printmaking Workshop in Bangalore Woodcut is among the oldest printmaking techniques, and continues to be a strong graphic tradition today. This workshop will introduce you to the tools and methods needed to allow you to carve your own block and print from your own relief woodblocks. You will explore carving techniques to obtain a
Collagraph, is one of the print media with which I work consistently. You will find the collagraph basics elsewhere but below is collagraphs according to me! All printmakers have our individual approaches to the medium.
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This is a continuation of my last entry regarding earlier works not seen before. The following prints were created by drawing into the surface of 1.27 cm (1/2 inch) thick blue dense styrofoam from a building materials supply shop. This is generally used for insulation of walls during home construction or renovation. It is not that expensive and can be easily cut into blocks from the main sheet with a ruler and utility blade. I used ball point pen primarily as the drawing tool as it tends to score the surface much better than pencil (which catches a lot in the material). Some of the finer lines were created using a compass point needle tip but again took a bit of effort dragging this through the styrofoam. These were all example pieces created as part of demonstrations for relief printing with styrofoam lesson I have to elementary school children during the past several years. Dog portrait two block study of flower forms printed in a light blue waterbased ink over a solid black square songbird on tree branch simple sunflower form (slight dot detail in the blossom) against a dark background landscape white ink printed on black paper the hockey game tan ink on black paper Light comes through two block colour winter woods study the key block (black) notice how the styrofoam has been flecked away to reveal a loose type of surface
First Print from the rolling pin!
Reduction Printmaking: In relief printing, a reduction print is a multicolor print in which the separate colors are printed from the same block. Usually, the lightest color is printed first and then the block is "reduced" by carving away certain areas to prepare the plate for the next color. The disadvantage of reduction printmaking is that once the print is complete, the process cannot be duplicated. The linocut is a printmaking technique similar to that of the woodcut, the difference bei
David John Payne (1880 -1959)
