Printmaking

Apr 4, 20222 min read

Block printing on T-shirts

With Maia In the past I've organized summer art camps for kids, and I'd like to do another one this summer. Art Camp is meant to be first...

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Mar 31, 20224 min read

Kumiko follow-up

What I learned Do you know how it is when you’re at a cookout and they’re roasting big, juicy bratwurst, and you have one, and it’s as...

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Sep 24, 20212 min read

On Printmaking

"Make an impression...be a printmaker" Linda Whitney My little 10"x20" (25x50 cm) home made intaglio press Printmaking has a special...

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Sep 22, 20212 min read

Linoleum Block Printing

Probably the most popular and accessible of all printmaking Some of the tools I use for linoleum block printing Linoleum block printing...

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Sep 19, 20211 min read

Signing And Numbering The Prints

Oftentimes, after pulling the first print, one needs to touch-up the block or plate and the print is marked 1st state and the second...

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Sep 19, 20211 min read

Printing On A Press

Great pressure is required for printing intaglio plates, and therefore the need for a press and two or three felt blankets. These go on...

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Sep 19, 20214 min read

The Intaglio Print

"The Print Shop", 10"x12" Aquatint and aquaforte mix on zinc plate, by V.M. Intaglio is the opposite to relief printing in that the image...

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Sep 19, 20211 min read

Xilogravure Or The Woodcut

"Tulips", 8"x6" woodcut done with five blocks, one for each color. Xilogravure is similar to linoleum printing the exception being the...

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