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Relief Printing from Wood Grain
It can be interesting to include natural textures in our relief prints. Wood grain is a beautiful organic pattern and can be printed especially well if we emphasise the natural grain in the wood. We can do this with a blow torch. Scorch the surface of the wood to bring out the wood grain. (Please be careful when using the blow torch by working outside on a non-flammable base). Read more
Meet the Maker: Kat Flint
I’m Kat, and I’m a designer/printmaker from Aberdeen, now living and working in South East London. I make quirky, story-filled linocut prints… I
came to printmaking late, and almost by accident, following the birth of my daughter in 2015. I was keen to make my living as a creative working on
my own terms in order to find some kind of genuine work/life balance, but I had originally envisaged starting a business designing ceramic homewares.
That fell by the wayside when I realised how much I loved linocut, and how much easier it is to accommodate a press at home than a kiln.
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Monoprinting with Scrim
Monoprinting is a lovely technique that allows printmakers to be spontaneous, painterly and experimental. This simple monoprint project produces beautiful delicate prints using a piece of scrim and an etching press. Read more
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