Printing

A  negative mono-print of a dried lemon slice.

Positive mono-print by myself of a dried lemon slice.

                                                

Recently we have done various types of print. Sun prints(see previous post on the print and publishing with james page, im not entierlly sure how to add this post to there.), rubbings which are a simple process,you find something slightly 3d or textured and use wax crayon,pencil or pastels. Rubbings are a simple way to get a copy of something.We have also done mono printing. Mono printing is a process where you do one print(hence the mono part of the name) you ink up a plate(normally perspex or plastic) and place a clean plain piece of paper on top of the inked up plate. On the back of the paper(the side facing you) you draw the design you would like to be printed. Draw your design but try not to touch the paper unnecessarily! every touch shows up on the print. If you want to add shading you can use your fingers,gently brush them across the paper, the lighter or harder you touch the paper the darker/lighter the tone.

When doing mono prints you also may be able to do negative mono prints. once you have printed your positive do not ink over the plate.take your plate over to a press. place your plate on top of a piece of paper)scrap) and place a clean sheet of paper on top. then roll the press over the plate and paper. This will result in a negative print.

We also did relief printing. this is where you ink up 3d\textured objects and simply press the inked up object on the paper.

Soon i will be doing my  dry point print. expect interesting results.