Monotype

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.

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.