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Workshop printing leaves & feathers

5/13/2013

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A print workshop with my "Kollective" friends at Halls Gap.
There is a great thrill that I feel still when teaching new skills to others. The Grampians "Kollective" each month runs a morning share workshop where each member has their turn at introducing their area of expertise/their passion to the rest of the group. It was my turn on the Saturday morning 11th may.
"What to offer in the area of printmaking for a half a day?" was a big question.
I asked those members attending to bring along feathers, and leaves and textured papers and I would supply the rest... printing press included.
Sarah's themed leaf prints are featured to the left.

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The Prints

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Because the prints  were small scale, we could place quite a few on the press at once and in this way every participant could get quick results.
The "Kollective" has a beautiful light filled workshop at a house and gallery that once belonged to the very respected Halls Gap, Grampians artist, Laurie Evans.
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The Method

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Methods explored on the day included embossing and blind embossing, printing from textured papers, layering and printing collage elements, ghost printing and chine colle.
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Dampen paper and place between two clean soft tea towels
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Roll out ink on glass then roll onto a piece of perspex which will be your background.
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Ink up textured paper and place on inked up perspex and run through the press.
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Extra Prints

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3 Comments
printing in Arizona link
9/23/2013 03:53:23 pm

This is great! It really shows me where to expand my blog. I think that sometime in the future I might try to write a book to go along with my blog, but we will see.Good post with useful tips and ideas

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Val McCann
9/24/2013 08:39:51 pm

Thank you for your post and positive comments. I would be interested to know how you came across my site. It is good that we can share ideas. I will try to look up your blog. Cheers

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printing companies link
9/30/2013 07:29:24 pm

Printing on the dry leaves and on the feathers might be interesting and alluring. I think with the help of this many of the people are going to get benefit and creative ideas from it.

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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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