Printmaker
Introduction Woodcut has similarities with linocut and mokuhanga (Japanese for ‘wood’ and ‘printmaking’) as all three techniques use a variety of tools (knives, gouges and V-tools) to cut into the printing plate (block). The main difference is that woodcut and mokuhanga use plywood as the printing block rather than linoleum. Tools and Materials Plywood Sandpaper…
Introduction Linocut is the first technique covered in the course that uses a variety of tools (knives, gouges and V-tools) to cut into the printing plate (block). The block is traditionally linoleum but there are other types such as the softer carving material trademarked “Softcut”. Linoleum, generally referred to as ‘lino’ is a composite sheet…
I quote from Susan Yeates’ “Introduction to Printmaking” course, Module 5: “Collograph is a simple and very effective form of printmaking that is created by using various types of collage as the plate, that you then take a print from. The collage is created by sticking items onto or cutting into a cardboard printing plate…
I spent most of twelve months from March 2017 working through Susan Yeates’ excellent online course: “Introduction to Printmaking” (http://introductiontoprintmaking.com). I undertook this course for two principal reasons – firstly, to experience those relief techniques that I had not come across before and, secondly, to decide what I would continue to work with. Monoprinting was…
From time to time something goes wrong in either the plate preparation, etching process or printing. Occasionally, the end result comes as a pleasant surprise, or, what is known as a Happy Accident. This happy accident happened twice on the same project… Sitting down for dinner one warm September evening at El Golfo on the…
Now that I have returned from China and finished a few tasks such as decorating Nicole’s new art studio and marking university examination papers and coursework projects, I can turn my attention to my printmaking practice. It is my intention to devote much of my time to this whilst teaching on an occasional basis only.
Lake Jinji is one of several lakes in Suzhou, some 50 miles to the west of Shanghai. Walking along the northern shore in December 2014, I was amazed by the colours created by the setting sun through the almost permanent pollution haze. I was determined to capture these colours and decided a reduction linocut with…
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