Next promoted date: *Sunday 10th November 2024 - 5 places available. Join Liz Wellby at The Slipper Studio, on the edge of the Peak District in...
Next promoted date: *Sunday 10th November 2024 - 5 places available. Join Liz Wellby at The Slipper Studio, on the edge of the Peak District in...
Next promoted date: *Sunday 10th November 2024 - 5 places available. Join Liz Wellby at The Slipper Studio, on the edge of the Peak District in...
Hello, everyone reading this tutorial! My name is Rocío, I’m an English teacher from Chile who loves letters and lettering, and today I’ll be walking you through the step-by-step process of creating a beautiful hand-embossed lettering piece. But what exactly is hand embossing (a.k.a. paper embossing, dry embossing)? In very…
Blind embossing involves pressing deep textures into paper, creating subtle and dynamic images that change with the angle of light and the position of the viewer.
Learn How to Emboss Aluminum Foil! You will love the sparkly results. See several techniques for embossing, die cutting, and staining the aluminum foil.
In this age of computers, iPads and smart phones , it is often said that 'print is dead' - but here at 91 HQ we say NO! Beautifully printed magazines and
PVC foamboard is a really intersting material for printmakers. In this post I will take you through some different ways of using it for embossing.
Learn Embossing with Toilet Paper! You will flip when you see the results, looks and feels like a high end embroidered Irish linen!
My cast paper fragments eventually dried and when I pulled them I was able to see which were successful and which were not. These are the ones I like. I'll make multiples of these and experiment with different designs as well. Stay with me as I progress with these. Lynne has helped me to figure out how to make all my images clickable so now you can click on each for a full view. Warning: these images are huge! They look better this size.
Prints with blind embossing are where printmaking meets sculpture; the prints change with the light and angle of view. The audience can be more interactive
Learn Embossing with Toilet Paper! You will flip when you see the results, looks and feels like a high end embroidered Irish linen!
Did you know you could use your pasta machine to emboss paper? I have found myself lingering more and more on the paper crafting aisle at both Michael's and Hobby Lobby lately. I love how many different projects are possible with a die cut machine and I love the way embossed paper looks. So, I have
I have never embossed in my life, but I saw this sweet post on dribbble and I wanted to try embossing out: Dribbble 2.) Now get a thin piece of cardboard. I found my piece of cardboard inside a Hello…
Despite the dominance of digital tools, a new wave of artists are using paper to make mind-blowing art.
Because a letter in the mail beats a text message, every time.
I was out early on Sunday to head into the National Print Museum in Dublin in order to attend a printmaking workshop given by artist Elaine Leader. I signed up for this workshop because the technique of "Chine collé" was featured and I have been curious about this technique since I became aware of it about 20 years ago (I had never heard of it in printmaking classes I had in art school in Toronto). To start the day we were given some pieces of thin plastic (or thick acetate?) referred to as "axpet" (which I had also never come across before). Once I removed protective film from the axpet I could use it as a plate to do an intaglio sketch on. My tool of choice (we had our pick of several etching tools) was a converted large sharpened nail. I ended up with two plates, the first one, done in the morning a city ruin sketch and the second, done in the afternoon based on one of my stick sketches. The plate was inked with a dark ink, cleaned and then given a "roll-out" layer of translucent colour. For the Chine collé I ripped two random pieces of a light weight handmade paper. Wallpaper paste is thinly spread on the back of the paper and they must be placed upside down on the plate (so that the glue will adhere to the print paper). The Chine collé is the last thing to do before going to the press as the paste must be very thin and thus can dry out quickly -- make sure your paper has been removed from its water bath and blotted before you prepare the Chine collé paper! We were printing on lovely Fabriano paper, so it needed to be in the water bath at least 10 minutes before blotting. This is a close-up of the sticks print, with two pieces of Chine collé. Although I had the sticks plate ready to go, Elaine Leader was talking about the embossing technique, and I wanted to quickly try it out. I cut several pieces of sandpaper into "natural" shapes, got my paper ready, and at the press itself, placed the shapes onto the back of my first piece of axpet. A piece of tissue paper is placed between the plate with shapes and the paper, which keeps the paper clean (and in my case, it was a great barrier between the paper and rough sandpaper I was using for incredible texture). I was thrilled with the way the embossing worked and wanted to see if Chine collé could be worked with it, so I started the process again. I thought the workshop was fabulous! I learned so many things in such a short space of time and can now think about how these processes can be used in other works.
