I spent the afternoon at Swansea Print Workshop, doing some preliminary studies for a small series of work I want to finish by the end of the month. I’ve been doing some sketches and photographs and I developed a working drawing from these. I scanned and printed it out to fit one of my perspex monotype plates and today I inked the plate in a black litho oil-based ink and did a reduction monotype. The photo above shows me drawing into the ink – I’m using scrim there but I also use cotton buds (Q Tips) and cocktail sticks (toothpicks) to make marks.
Once I finished drawing, I dampened a piece of WSH & Co British Handmade Paper and took a print on the giant Radcliffe Press using a collagraph setting. I’m not sure if this paper is still manufactured, the only reference I can find to it online is of a handmade book from 1927. I was given some by a kindly benefactor and I tried it out today. It’s a beautiful wove paper but I think it may have been too textured for this technique; I normally use a very smooth paper like Zercall.
I don’t normally do preliminary prints; I generally work straight from a drawing but the series I’m planning has quite complex imagers so I’m going to press on and do a few more prelim prints to iron out any wrinkles before I start in on the major full-colour monotypes.
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Looking forward to more!!! Go Rose, Go!
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Oh I will 😀
I like the added texture from the paper. Since I don’t know what you had in mind initially, I have no preconceived notions about how it should look!
Thank you. I’m trying out lots of new papers
LOVE these prelims, and am excited to see where this is headed
Thanks 😀
Love the studies. I am looking forward to seeing the finished product. I am starting to get back into my studio and hope to post some more new paintings in the next few weeks.
Ooohhh you must post your new work 🙂
I’m really not known to all your interesting techniques you use. So it’s always a pleasure to see you doing something so wonderful. Thank you so much.
Have a nice day.
Thanks so much 🙂
Cool post, it’s great to read about your process. Very interesting result.
Thank you:)