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Category: Project 1: Monoprinting
Assignment Four Artists – Giovanni Bened
No printmaking research would be complete without reference to Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione. Credited with being the inventor of the monotype, using the reductive technique whereby the plate is inked and rags, brushes, fingers or other implements are used to remove the ink and create the image. Unlike the other printers from whom I have drawn […]
Project 1: Exercise 4 – Monoprinting – W
For this exercise I chose two images from my sketchbook and earlier work, the spiral and the woven square; Spirals Acetate stencils I cut stencils from acetate sheet and plasticized paper, retaining both the positive and negative stencil pieces. I used acrylic paint, rolling onto a piece of glass with a brayer. The printing was […]
Project 1: Monoprinting – Exercise 3 – B
For this exercise I used a glass plate to lay out acrylic paints and used a brayer to roll out the paint and also to roll over the paper. The paint was laid onto the plate and paper (or other media) was laid onto the plate. A variety of implements was then used to make […]
Project 1: Monoprinting – Exercise 1- Ma
For this exercise I chose acrylic paints and used and the glass from and old picture frame as the plate. I printed onto: Printer paper Previously printed printer paper (waste paper from failed/duplicate printing) Tumble dryer sheets Wet wipes Cartridge sketchbook paper Coloured scrapbook paper Undyed calico fabric Brown wrapping paper Aluminium foil For the […]
Project 1: Monoprinting – Exercise 2 – D
For this exercise I selected a number of images from earlier exercises – the fungi and concertina-folded paper from folding and crumpling, the base of the vase from the casting and moulding project, woven sample from wrapping and two simple drawings from sketchbook work. Fungi I used a credit card to create the ridges of […]