I have been spending more time in my studio with the good weather, trying different things on my small (29 x 35 cm) Tofko relief press. I worked more on my dog linoprints, adding elements and trying different compositions. I printed some in multiple colours, but decided in the end that I preferred the black and white prints.
I have also been working on small Collagraphs - with Leicester's "Small print, Big Impression" in mind. I have produced four plates so far using a mountboard base varnished a few times to seal it. The images are made from scraps of thick printmaking paper which I drew into with a hard grade pencil or a scalpel before sealing them with more varnish. I printed them as relief with Speedball waterbased inks with extender added. Having printed them individually I then tried overprinting two, three and four images using a registration board. You can see a couple of the prints I like below
I have also been working on small Collagraphs - with Leicester's "Small print, Big Impression" in mind. I have produced four plates so far using a mountboard base varnished a few times to seal it. The images are made from scraps of thick printmaking paper which I drew into with a hard grade pencil or a scalpel before sealing them with more varnish. I printed them as relief with Speedball waterbased inks with extender added. Having printed them individually I then tried overprinting two, three and four images using a registration board. You can see a couple of the prints I like below