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Madonna Exhibition

3/27/2014

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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.

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The plate for the above print
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Sample Print 2
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Plate made on thin card with grass and torn papers
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Sample Print 3
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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.








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1. The clear plastic plate is rolled with yellow over the drawing.
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2. The yellow ink is wiped away from areas of the plate using the drawing underneath as your guide.
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3. The plate is printed through the press onto dampened paper.
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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.
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5. Above is the result of the red printed over the yellow stage.
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6. The final blue/black plate is prepared, taking into consideration the red  yellow areas of the print.
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7. The blue/black  inked plate is carefully placed over the red yellow inked print, matching up the edges & image.
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8. The final Image is created.
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9. Another print is taken of the ink residue image still on the plate. It is called a Ghost Print.
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    My name is Val McCann and I am a printmaker and I would like to share some of the work I am developing in this blog. I would love your feedback, advice & contributions. I conduct workshops on printmaking with my portable press.

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