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The second print (the ghost print) captured the delicate structure of the flower head.  As the plant was so fresh, it fell apart as I removed it from the plate.  I had to use the tweezers to methodically pick off the individual soft seeds that stuck to the plate....a zen moment requiring much care and patience! Collagraph Printmaking, Mono Printing, Gelli Printing Art, Mono Print, Gelli Plate Art, Gel Plate, Gel Printing, Gelli Plate Printing, Gelli Prints

In my studio last month I explored printing with some plants from my garden - a perennial silver bush (unable to be identified) and the flower heads from my Italian Parsley. It wasn't a complex printing session, but just a relaxing exploration of a couple of plants I wanted to try before I did some garden trimming. The flower heads were rather thick and juicy, so I first ran one through the press with butchers paper to get rid of some of the excess moisture. I then printed with it - the…

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a burnt collagraph plate Colograph Plate, Abstract Art Lesson, Surface Design Techniques, Collagraph Printmaking, Collagraphy, Mono Printing, Blind Embossing, Altered Canvas, Relief Printmaking

Burning collagraph plates introduces exciting random and organic methods to your platemaking. I love this technique as you give up a certain amount of control and allow your materials to guide your creative process. The dynamic possibilities offered by fire enable you to radically alter the shape of your plates, as well as create new and interesting surface textures. Here is the burnt collagraph plate before it has been printed.

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Monoprint Artists, Collagraph Printing, Monoprint Art, Symbols Of Hope, Collagraph Printmaking, Gelli Plate Techniques, Collagraphy, Sign Painting Lettering, Printmaking Projects

The whole wonderful process of inking and printing a collagraph plate and combining colours through intaglio and relief techniques becomes quite addictive and keeps many printmakers coming back for more. The unpredictability and infinite possibilities of this method make for a rich and exciting printmaking life.

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