ABC Project - Print Making

 (ABC project) - Print Making

I decided to create another collagraph for this week in print making, similar to my other one by using the same materials and techniques but the layout of my collograph plate was completely different.

I really liked the idea of printing on to collaged backgrounds, therefore i continued using this method as i thought these prints with my others would work nicely as a set together.

I wanted to experiment more with colours therefore used this bright blue which printed each part of the collograph lovely and noticable.

Printing on to a light brown suger paper made the blue much brigher which contrasted with the dull background.

I always find that the black prints work very strongly on a very white background. These could fit in nicely with my collaged background prints as a set as the black still fits in.

I also wanted to print with some cut outs. I folded sheets of paper into abstract shapes to reflect my work from my Trace Elements project. The next step was to roll ink on to a plate and place my paper cut outs over it (which made them red as the ink pressed on to them when it was being rolled).

I really like how this print has a lot of negative space, something i like to consider within my work.The sharp lines of the shapes contrast with the edges of the ink as they fade out.

I then printed from my cut outs as the ink presed on to them. They printed very well as each crease in the paper shown making some areas lighter and some darker. I realy like this effect.

I experimented with lots of different compositions with my cut outs.

Rolling more ink on to my cut outs meant i had a much stronger image once printed.

As this project links to my current graphic design project i could scan in some of my prints to work on top of on illustrator or photoshop ready for my possible final pieces.

I decided to mix both of my methods together by printing my collograph plate over the top of my cut out print. I find it really interested to look at as some bits stand out more than others, for example, the bits of collograph over the white areas stand out much more compared to where it is over the red areas.