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Madonna Exhibition

3/27/2014

Below is text from the International Madonna Print Exchange II blog spot. I submitted an edition of prints, one of which is currently travelling in an exhibition with the other submitted Madonna's throughout the USA.

"Madonna of Sorrow"- homage to Michelangelo's Pieta

http://ochosieditions.blogspot.com.au

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Collagraph

3/20/2014

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The Collagraph Printmaking process continues to interest me as a printmaker.

I have been preparing material for a weekend workshop at Maldon, which begins on Saturday 22nd and goes until 24th March.

This Collagraph is one of the samples I will have at the workshop. The plate is made of natural grass, ripped card, wall papers and textured papers. The plate was sealed with a liquid Shellac mixture and when dried, the plate was inked up with water based AKUA intaglio inks on dampened Fabriano Rosapina printing paper and printed through the printing press.

I hope to feature in my next Blog entry, the prints produced & the printmakers themselves at work during this workshop.

The plate for the above print

Sample Print 2

Plate made on thin card with grass and torn papers

Sample Print 3

Plate on mount card featuring cut sections textured pattern paper sculpture medium and Carborundum powder.

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Monotype

3/9/2014

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Final preparations are being made for the Maldon 3 day Printmaking Workshop on

"The Introduction to Monotype/Mono print, Dry point & Collagraph"

on the 22nd - 24th March 2014.

Day one - Introduction to Collagraph & creation of a small Collagraph plate.

Day two - Introduction to Drypoint and the production of a small Drypoint plate and introduction to Monotypes/Mono prints and how they can be combined with Drypoint.

Day three - A frenzied printing day printing pre-prepared Collagraph plate, Drypoint plate and Monotype plates.

This Monotype process is described below.

Akua Intaglio Inks were used on Fabriano Rosapina paper.

1. The clear plastic plate is rolled with yellow over the drawing.

2. The yellow ink is wiped away from areas of the plate using the drawing underneath as your guide.

3. The plate is printed through the press onto dampened paper.

4. A red inked plate is prepared the same way over the drawing, taking into consideration the yellow already printed on the same printing paper.

5. Above is the result of the red printed over the yellow stage.

6. The final blue/black plate is prepared, taking into consideration the red yellow areas of the print.

7. The blue/black inked plate is carefully placed over the red yellow inked print, matching up the edges & image.

8. The final Image is created.

9. Another print is taken of the ink residue image still on the plate. It is called a Ghost Print.

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