Tag Archives: Print1-Experimentation

Experimenting with texture

Posted on December 16, 2015 by Claire B

After my printing disaster yesterday I had some ink left to use.  Over the past few months I’ve read quite a bit about the use of carborundum on print plates.  Carborundum is a very fine powder made from silicon carbide, … Continue reading →

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Print 1. Projext 13: Monoprinting experimentation

Posted on November 22, 2015 by Claire B

I’ve been experimenting with media other than my usual oil based inks for the monoprint base to go with my linocut carousel horses. All samples are on cartridge paper. Caran D’Ache water-soluble colour crayons.  I first rubbed them dry across … Continue reading →

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Mark-making with paints and tools

Posted on September 28, 2015 by Claire B

I had a bit of fun on Saturday with my friend, Judy – also an OCA student.  We set up her garage with huge sheets of paper and determined to be free and flowing in our mark-making, using whatever bits … Continue reading →

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Print 1. Project 12: Exploring colour choices

Posted on September 15, 2015 by Claire B

Having made the print plate I’m in a bit of a quandary about how to print it.  Monochrome seems pretty boring but could also be effective if I can work the tones well.  If I want to try this I … Continue reading →

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Experimentation: Making a print sample book

Posted on August 19, 2015 by Claire B

Part 1: My friend Nola and I get together every month for a day of playing with colour and transferring imagery and/or abstract colour patterns to cloth and paper.  We’ve done a bit of stamping, made glue resists, collage blocks, … Continue reading →

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Print 1. Project 10: Review

Posted on July 18, 2015 by Claire B

Experimental print trials. Working on other bases than lino was very revealing and threw up some interesting future possibilities. I particularly liked the floor vinyl which was easy to cut and because it was textured it created some wonderful random … Continue reading →

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Prints and card making

Posted on July 10, 2015 by Claire B

I’ve been involved with a couple of people in making a selection of cards for an upcoming exhibition. Printed & Stitched cards: I took my lino cut from project 5 as the base for one set.  I rust dyed a … Continue reading →

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Print 1. Project 10: Getting started

Posted on June 21, 2015 by Claire B

In the preparatory part of this project I’m looking at mark-making on surfaces other than regular silk-cut lino which I’ve been using to date.  I’m keen to see what effects I can get using both my normal lino cutting tools … Continue reading →

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Print 1. Project 9: Designing using experimental marks

Posted on June 15, 2015 by Claire B

This project doesn’t actually ask us to create a design using some of the experimental tools we’ve been using on lino, however it does ask us to speculate in what circumstances these random marks might be useful.  I decided to … Continue reading →

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Print 1. Experimentation – Further natural dyeing trials

Posted on May 29, 2015 by Claire B

A month ago I achieved some extremely good natural dyeing results on paper.  I confess that I like the paper outcomes more than fabric.  Perhaps it’s just that my focus is very paper based currently, or maybe it is that … Continue reading →

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Print 1. Further embossing experimentation

Posted on May 13, 2015 by Claire B

At the end of my last print run I was left with some excess inks and, always keen to use them up, I continued with some embossing which I enjoyed doing back in February.  I have a few Cedar Canyon … Continue reading →

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Print 1. Experimentation: Spray printing

Posted on April 18, 2015 by Claire B

Spray printing over masks My friend Nola and I spent a day exploring a different type of printing by spraying dyes through masks.  This is the first of two days looking at this technique and we started by looking at … Continue reading →

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Print 1. Experimentation – Natural dyeing

Posted on April 5, 2015 by Claire B

A fun day on Friday dyeing cloth and paper with my friend and OCA mate, Judy.  She has already posted a review and some of her results here and her pieces are terrific. Moving away from my normal routine, where … Continue reading →

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Printing: Experimenting with compressed sponge

Posted on March 22, 2015 by Claire B

Once a month I get together with a friend, Nola, and we try out different creative techniques.  Last month we looked at printing on fabric with compressed sponge The sponge comes in sheets about 1-2mm thick.  We drew on it … Continue reading →

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Monoprinting workshop

Posted on February 13, 2015 by Claire B

Monotype printing with Tony Ameniero Three weeks ago I attended this workshop and I’ve been gathering materials and practicing the techniques I learned since then.  The first thing to say about Tony is that he is a marvellous tutor: calm, … Continue reading →

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Print 1. Comparing paper

Posted on February 11, 2015 by Claire B

A few days ago I boiled up my pots and did some natural dyeing, always a fun experience.  The examples here are comparisons between some paper I dyed a while ago in a pot with eucalyptus leaves/bark/twigs + iron sulphate … Continue reading →

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Print 1. Embossing experimentation

Posted on February 4, 2015 by Claire B

After re-printing my images from project 5 I had quite a bit of ink left on the roller and the print prep area.  Using offcuts from the various papers I’ve been printing on I ran some smaller pieces through an … Continue reading →

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Indigo dyeing

Posted on January 9, 2015 by Claire B

Last week I got together with my friend Judy, another OCA student, for a day of indigo dyeing.  Both of us have had a tiny go at this before but always within a class structure where the vat has been … Continue reading →

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Backdrawn contertina booklet

Posted on December 29, 2014 by Claire B

Continuing on with my stitched backdrawn samples from September, post here, I’ve now had a chance to finish them all and make a sample booklet with the ones I didn’t swap. During this printing course I’ve accumulated lots of small … Continue reading →

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Not quite printing

Posted on October 28, 2014 by Claire B

I’ve really enjoyed the back-drawing in particular during the latter parts of my course assignment.  This brought to mind the idea of brass rubbing.  I took my oil pastel dye sticks and some calico and tried some rubbings.  The first … Continue reading →

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Print 1. Project 4: Still life – Experimentation

Posted on October 22, 2014 by Claire B

Re-examining the bowl. I’m finding the start of this printing course agonising.  Everything is new to me and I’m working much more slowly than I feel I should and being very painstaking in my planning and results.  This aspect of … Continue reading →

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Getting back to printing

Posted on October 13, 2014 by Claire B

I’ve been away for a couple of weeks and so have had an extended break from printing.  To get me back in the swing again I took my student print press to the ATASDA South group meeting on Saturday and … Continue reading →

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Print 1. Project 3: Backdrawing experimentation

Posted on September 17, 2014 by Claire B

I liked the idea of this print so I printed a whole lot of small images on calico. I find this backdrawing method is extremely effective on fabric and I’ve managed to get a good transfer of ink with some … Continue reading →

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Workshop: Creative Textile Printing

Posted on August 21, 2014 by Claire B

Creative Textile Printing with Helen Richards 17/08/2014 This was a fascinating workshop and, whilst not exactly the type of printing I’m covering in my OCA course, enthused me and has widened my printing skill range.  As a textiles person I’m … Continue reading →

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Print 1. Project 3: Experimentation

Posted on August 11, 2014 by Claire B

Playing with the images. I have to confess to getting quite frustrated with the printing results so far.  So, to lighten my mood, I had a mess about for my own enjoyment instead of trying for the outcomes required by … Continue reading →

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Print 1. Inspired by Bruno Leti

Posted on July 13, 2014 by Claire B

A day at AGNSW (Art Gallery of NSW), part of which was spent in the research library, resulted in discovering Bruno Leti, a painter, printmaker, photographer and book artist. Born in Italy in 1941, he came to Australia when he … Continue reading →

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