Collagraph Printing

Collagraph Plate

Final Print One

Final Print Two

Above are example of Collagraph printing, firstly you must create a plate, to do this I cut my portrait into a piece of mount board pealing back and removing the sections where detail or lines fall on the image. Any lines cut into the plate, will show when producing the final prints so this had to be done as carefully are possible to ensure the image would not be damaged or changed. Once the plate was cut, it was then sealed two coats of button polish and left to dry. Once dry I began by selecting the colour ink for the final print, this was layered onto the plate and then the excess was removed, next I used a scrim to take off any ink that was lying on the top of the plate. The plate was then laid flat on the press bed and paper was positioned over the top, the whole thing was then rolled through a printing press; this transferred the ink to the paper. 

Throughout all the printing process's that I'm going to explore, I have decided to keep all of the final prints cohesive by using one style of work, these are pet portraits.