Tag Archives: relief printing
365 art challenge #18, 19, 20
Monotypes no. 18, 19, 20 and ghosts with relief printing, hung up to dry. It seems simple enough to roll ink onto a relief block, but learning exactly how much ink should be applied takes a lot of trial and error. Once the block is inked, is it better to hand-transfer the ink to paper […]
365 art challenge #16 & 17
Monotype no. 16 & 17: oil based relief ink on plexiglass with relief print. The above prints are on a lovely Japanese paper called Kitakata. Below are prints on mystery scraps of Western paper. I have quite a lot of Kitakata paper in a unique shade of light green, and am resigning myself to the […]
365 art challenge #15
Monotype no. 15: Aquarelle crayons dissolved in water, painted on plexiglass prepared with gum arabic; also relief printed with Gamblin oil based ink. A recent “once every 30 years” snowstorm paralyzed our city, leaving me so restless with captivity I had to carve a little wood block. I never quite got the hang of relief […]
Oncidium Press 