Friday, 4 July 2014

Linocutting Once Again!

I have been on another of Clare Melinski's linocutting workshops. It is so intense from 10am, I get so into it, by 3pm I was completely exhausted. A cup of coffee couldn't even pick me up so I'm afraid I wasted the last hour but I am very happy with what I produced today. I love printing on fabric, much more than on paper
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  1. Boud5 July 2014 at 01:36

    These are lovely! I love printing on fabric, too, but I still love paper. oWhat kind of ink did you use? your work is beautiful.

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  2. Unknown5 July 2014 at 07:35

    Thank you so much! The ink is from here in the UK, Lawrence's Linseed Oil Relief Ink. I mixed my colours just like oil paint for the flowers. This is what Clare uses, I have another make. I will let you know how they mix. I struggle to get good prints on good printing paper. What paper do you use?

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  3. Boud5 July 2014 at 14:16

    I never use oil based paints, always water based, and I 've used a huge range of printmaking papers, no one favorite, since they all behave differently, even affected by humidity and heat. In the climate of NE USA, this is a big point, we specialize in humidity. Daniel Smith, here in the US has an occasional printmaking paper sale where you can buy a sample pack of dozens of sheets, fullsize, of many printmaking papers. I've never decided which I like best!

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  4. Unknown5 July 2014 at 15:16

    The paper I am trying to use this time is Fabriano printing paper. I have been told to spray it and leave over night in a plastic bag. I wish here was a recipe where you use this kind of ink and this kind of paper for a sharp effect and this kind for a more blurred muted effect. Dampen the paper like such and such and leave for x amount of hours! I am an impatient kind of person it seems! I have used Daniel smith watercolours and they are lovely..so maybe that is the way to go

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