Printmaking experimentation

Rites and rituals.

One of the things I realised this last week is that when I go in to my studio, I love the ritual involved in the preparation. If I’m moving from painting to printmaking, I put the handles back on the press and shift it away from the wall to make room for the print bed.Continue reading “Rites and rituals.”

Not abandoned.

Last weekend we went to see an exhibition of Michael Simpson – selected drawings at the Holburne Museum in Bath. I always love seeing sketchbooks, preparatory drawings, unfinished paintings, as you get a glimpse of the way an artist works. His drawings were beautiful, on a variety of surfaces (paper, cardboard, found papers and evenContinue reading “Not abandoned.”

Finding my feet….

Having been away for a while and spent an absolutely amazing time on the Portfolio Course at Bridge House Art School in Ullapool, I’ve been trying to find a way to build on that experience now I’m back at work. One life drawing session later, and I’ve been having a great time playing with monotypesContinue reading “Finding my feet….”

More collagraphy tests…

Having had some French polish delivered at the end of last week, I created another collagraphy plate so I could try out printing the same plate both intaglio (where you pull the ink from the troughs and cuts you make in the surface of the mount board) and in relief (where the ink comes fromContinue reading “More collagraphy tests…”

Collagraphy and Chine-collé

Many thanks to Bruce who took on a whole day of ‘Frank-watch’ so I could do some work in the studio 😘. I spent time experimenting with different surfaces for making collagraphy plates and then combined this with what I’d learnt about Chine-collé to add colour. My intention was to print these as relief printsContinue reading “Collagraphy and Chine-collé”

Chine-collé experimentation…

Having seen prints that had been made using Chine-collé, I was keen to try this method of adding colour to some of my linocut prints. At the moment, it feels frustrating that I’m not producing much in the way of finished pieces, so I have to remind myself that the need to develop my ownContinue reading “Chine-collé experimentation…”