Aluminium Foil Tape is a fantastic material to add to your printmaking kit. Use it to make speedy collagraph plates to print through an etching press. Take a look at The Curious Printmaker for some beautiful examples of how this tape can be used. We've used foil tape in two different ways to create prints. Read on to see how: Read more
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Meet the Maker - Marian Haf
I’m Marian and in short I'm a Mother of three, allotment neglecter and printmaker, I live in my native West Wales on the side of a hill in Ceredigion.
I dabble with screen printing, wood cuts the odd bit of lino but collagraphs are my thing.
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Tetra Pak Drypoint and Collagraph Printing
When we first heard the news that Tetra Pak cartons could be used for printmaking, we were excited to try it out. We started to collect all the cartons we had at home and got ready to put them to a new use in the studio. Here's a little project to get started using Tetra Pak cartons to make intaglio printed drypoints and collagraphs! Read more
20:20 Print Exchange - Handprinted's entrants
This year 20 members of the Handprinted studio are submitting work to the 20:20 Print Exchange. The 20:20 Print Exchange is an exchange organised by Hot
Bed Press in Salford. Each participant has to print an edition of 25 prints that are 20cm x 20cm. There are approximately 500 artists that take part
from around 40 studios. Each participant receives a box of 20 prints that includes one of their own and 19 randomly selected prints from other artists.
The participants can print with whatever method they wish. Below are the prints from the 20 artists from Handprinted. What a fantastic selection! For
more information about the 20:20 print exchange please click here.
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Printing an Easy Card Cut Collagraph
Collagraphy is a printing process in which a collaged plate is made and printed from.The different surfaces on the plate print varied tones and textures.
Natural materials, papers and mediums can be added and are usually covered in a layer of shellac or varnish that is left to dry before printing.
Here's our method for creating a really quick and easy card-cut collagraph that doesn't require varnishing or waiting for glue to dry! This method
only requires mount board, tape and a scalpel to create different tones.
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New Workshops!
As September swiftly approaches we at Handprinted are readying the studio for a packed schedule of workshops next term! Read more
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