What are the steps to collagraph printing?

What are the steps to collagraph printing?

Creating a collagraph print plate

1. INKING THE COLLAGRAPH PLATE. While I create the plate at home, the inking and printing is always done at the printmaking workshop.
2. PRINTING THE COLLAGRAPH.

What type of printmaking is collagraph?

Collagraphy is a very open printmaking method. Ink may be applied to the upper surfaces of the plate with a brayer for a relief print, or ink may be applied to the entire board and then removed from the upper surfaces but remain in the spaces between objects, resulting in an intaglio print.

What materials would you use for a collagraph?

A very creative and experimental form of printmaking, collagraph prints can be made with many different materials, including cardboard, yarn, fabric, leaves, masking tape and more.

What is collagraph printmaking for kids?

Collagraphy is a simple, fun printmaking method where you assemble textured materials onto a rigid surface, glue them in place to create a design, and then transfer that design onto onto paper with paint or ink.

Is collagraph an intaglio?

of ink and print different tones. Anything with a low relief texture can be stuck down and used: wallpaper, leaves, fabrics, tapes and threads etc. The collagraph plate is then varnished and can be printed intaglio or relief.

Who invented collagraph printmaking?

Glen Alps
Glen Alps (1914-1996) was a printmaker and educator who is credited with having developed the collagraph. A collagraph is a print whose plate is a board or other substrate onto which textured materials are glued.

Can you print a collagraph without a press?

Collagraph prints can be made with or without a printing press, which is great for the artist who only prints occasionally or doesn’t have access to a printing studio.

Can you use relief ink for collagraph?

A collagraph plate can also be inked up for relief printing. Ink is applied to the surfaces that stand proud on the plate. Interesting results can be achieved when both intaglio and relief inking methods are employed together and even more interesting results come from working with inks of differing viscosities.