I just saw pictures from a collagraph workshop on printmaker Hester Cox’s Facebook page. The prints were made by workshop students and are just lovely. I would have liked to achieve something like this myself. I thought I’d include a reference in my blog to help me improve my collagraphs. Glenda: Beach hut series Glenda: […]
I developed a habit of regularly following up interesting stuff I come across online. Actually, Facebook groups have become the most important source of inspiration for me. I’m a member of several OCA student groups and through this and independent research have found many additional art and artist sites. Through Facebook notifications there’s a constant […]
In Assignment 3 feedback, my tutor noted a similarity of one of my linocut process prints (the red single layer in the experimental cat tree print) with works by Eduardo Chillida. What I found remarkable was that I had only briefly assessed the single-layer componants of my reduction print, and my tutor’s remarks made me […]
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 […]
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 […]