Tag Archives: chine collé

The Corn Flour Hack

I’ve seen a few printmakers using this hack on social media to see if their lino block is ready to print. It saves doing a proof print and getting the block inky. I sprinkled cornflour onto the block and scraped it across the lino with a business card (see below) to get the cornflour intoContinue reading “The Corn Flour Hack”

#Caturday: Two Cats And A Horse

There’s an Open Weekend at Swansea Print Workshop coming up (see below) and I’m sorting out some of my work to put on sale. I’ve been doing some little linocut prints onto postcards so I’ll pop these into small frames and sell them at relatively low prices. They are all embellished with chine collé, usingContinue reading “#Caturday: Two Cats And A Horse”

#Caturday: Winter Window

It’s #Caturday Saturday again and here that little block I cut last week, printed in black with a touch of gold foil chine collé highlighting the moon. The foil is from sweets (candies); there are fewer manufacturers making them these days, I find them in upmarket retailers and traditional old-fashioned sweet shops.

A Mari Lwyd Trio

I carved this Mari Lwyd vinyl block a couple of years ago and now and again I have a bit of a play with it. These three are printed with chine collé, which is a way of adding colour without cutting and printing lots of blocks. I’ve used lovely foils from sweets, there are stillContinue reading “A Mari Lwyd Trio”

Reusing Sweet Papers

Today I did a bit of preparation for printing. It’s a technique called chine collé, where you put colour into a print using pieces of fine paper (tissue, mulberry etc…) or foils. I used the polished wooden spoon to burnish the foils – they’re recycled from sweets and biscuits so they’re crinkly and I wantContinue reading “Reusing Sweet Papers”

Anger Is An Energy…

I’ve done a small series of art on postcards for an exhibition coming up soon. I cut this little lino block a while back, inspired by lyrics from the song “Rise” by the band Public Image Ltd. “Anger Is An Energy” is also the title of John Lydon‘s autobiography. I was in a dark placeContinue reading “Anger Is An Energy…”

Herstory: Kollwitz

I’ve been playing with my linocut blocks, some postcards and bits of shiny foil. I’ve combined my “Herstory” block with my small portrait block of the late German Expressionist artist Kathe Kollwitz. It’s getting harder to find coloured foils for the chine collé these days. Many sweet (candy) manufacturers have switched to plastic. Ychafi !!!

Pulling A Proof…

I finished carving my latest Mari Lwyd linocut this morning and pulled a couple of proof prints, which are the first to be printed and give you the chance to check out the image and see if the block needs any more work. I’m pretty pleased with it, I will cut into a few ofContinue reading “Pulling A Proof…”

A Month Of Maris #15

Here’s an unusual view of a Mari Monotype, it’s all set up before I took the print. I inked an acrylic sheet, did the drawing of the Mari Lwyd onto it with cotton buds and brushes, and then laid some pieces of mulberry paper onto the surface to act as chine collé. This is theContinue reading “A Month Of Maris #15”