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New Work - Collagraphs

6/23/2013

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The Method...

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Thin MDF board is undercoated before a paste of Poly filler is spread evenly on the board.
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Natural and man made materials are embedded into the paste and just before near set and dry, remove the materials from the paste surface. When fully dry, sand with fine sand paper and seal with a varnish or undercoat.
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Use a toothbrush to ink up the first colour into all the recesses.

* Brenda Hartill so generously has produced a reference book and video on this Collagraph Technique.
I was very fortunate to attend a talk by Brenda Hartill at the Bendigo Pottery in 2013 and I saw first hand some of her beautiful prints and her  wonderful Collagraph blocks.
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Use various rubs of ink over the top surface.
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First yellow then red is applied to this block.
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Dampen printing paper, place over inked block and roll through the press to print the Collagraph image.
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5 Comments
BJW
6/23/2013 06:12:40 pm

Great work Val, congratulations.

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Dianne Wikstrom
9/15/2013 09:33:44 am

Wow these are so effective. Would never have thought of no more gaps. The colours are so vibrant. I just have to try this. Love your work

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Val McCann
9/24/2013 08:31:48 pm

I don't think I thanked you Dianne for your post so thank you. I would be interested to hear if you tried this method out.

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Geraldine Vossos
2/23/2014 07:20:10 am

Thankyou. I will definitely be trying this as I love experimenting with different print techniques.

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Jayne P
2/9/2020 11:29:28 am

How beautiful! I’ve never tried collagraph before but love the effects so I have been researching it. Your work is stunning and I love the step by step guide. My daughter and I plan to try this during the next holiday. Thank you!

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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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