The course expands collagraph towards textured surfaces, and I wanted to do some additional experimentation with collagraph plates created from a variety of surfaces. I was inspired by Mary Ann Wenniger’s book on collagraphs and by the Clare Romano and John Ross collagraph prints I had recently seen in the exhibition at the Center for […]
I discovered Suminagashi while researching traditional Japanese woodblock printing. I found it mentioned on the courses page of the ‘Center for Book Arts’ in Manhattan where I was looking up woodcutting courses by a Japanese Artist. Suminagashi is a water-based marbling technique. The difference to other marbling techniques is that inks are put on plain […]
The collagraph plate The collagraph was made on thick cardboard, roughly A3 size. The materials were attached with PVA glue by Guardy. I wasn’t very happy with the glue because it stayed extremely sticky even after 3 days of drying. upper row: metal pins / Quinoa grain / Black Tea / Rice paper for spring […]
Before you embark on [project 11], take a look at what others have achieved using a relief collage as a starting point. Trawl through some examples of collographs/collatypes (same thing) online, pick out some favourites and write about them in your learning log. My first in-depth introduction to collagraph was through the Book “Collagraph […]