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Creating a Collograph

Creating a Collograph

Collograph printing is a really fun technique - and you can create a collograph plate from discarded items you will have in the house - all that matters is that they have an interesting texture!  After a holiday in Portugal where there was a beautiful carp pond at the place we stayed, I felt inspired to make a print of... View more
Hummingbird Collograph

Hummingbird Collograph

I've been enjoying experimenting with making collograph prints on my printing press.  To do this, you make a plate filled with different textures, which you ink up and  print onto a piece of dampened paper using oil based inks.  This print can then be transformed by working over it with water based inks.  Let me take you through the stages... View more