Available in my Etsy Shop (an open edition, with variation between each hand pulled print)
See the process shots below….
If you’d like to see more process shots on making collagraphs, search this blog for “collagraph”, and see previous posts like this one, this one and this one. 🙂 #makesomething
If you’d like to see more process shots on making collagraphs, search this blog for “collagraph”, and see previous posts like this one, this one and this one. 🙂 #makesomething
Building a collagraph like this starts with a piece of scrap matboard, with a drawing on the reverse side, coated front and back with Liquitex Gloss Medium & Varnish. |
Using the a la poupee method, with Akua Intaglio Inks, Â I applied pigments to the plate in sections, pushing ink into the grooves and textures I built on the plate. |
On this proof, I added Akua Intaglio metallic gold ink mixed with a bit of green to her fish scales, but the trip through the etching press squished the metal flakes against the plate and never adhered to the paper, so I have more experimenting to do. I’m in touch with the good folks at Akua and they’ve made a few suggestions. |
Even after wiping the plate, the texture of the carborundum held enough ink to print a nice, rich dark. I love this stuff. It chews up your tarlatan cloth, but it does the trick. |
So, are you ready to make a collagraph? Each print will come out different from the last, and you can paint them with any medium you choose, so it’s an art party waiting to happen. Let us know in the comments if you’ve made a collagraph, and especially if you posted it somewhere we can see, drop a link!
Here’s a video tutorial for making a line-style collagraph from matboard:
Thanks for stopping by and I’ll see you in the next post!
Belinda
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Art Quote
There is nothing so discouraging as a bad composition at the very start. Do most of your “changing” in composition before you begin to paint, for at the beginning, when you are fresh, it is easy to change a composition. It is just “blocked in” and there it nothing to “spoil” yet.Â
~John E. Carlson
@celia, thanks for your vote! Have a painterly week!
I voted for you! Very well deserved. I love your little mermaid… beautiful colors and great pictures!
@roseann – Thanks so much for the vote, and the very kind note! I so appreciate your comment! 🙂
I voted for you, Belinda! It was a pleasure to be able to vote! You really DO have the most wonderful blog, such great photos, such thoughtful explanations, so inspiring, so thorough! A very valuable resource for any artist! Thank you!