Yesterday I indulged myself ccompletely. My inner creative child just loved inking up the two collagraph plates that I designed and made a couple of week ago. At this time of year there are lots of summer blooms to enjoy so I couldn’t resist making a collograph print. The plate was made from mounting board. I used wallpaper samples to get texture, netting, twine untwisted and teased out for the stem and lots of pva glue for subtle highlights to suggest the frailty of the petals of the Peony. Next I mixed vintage coloured inks. The photo above shows the plate after it had been inked and through the press.
Here’s the first result. The colours and detail came out well. I was pleased with the result (always difficult to show on a photo). My print was hand pressed on A3 Watercolour paper.
My next post will show my next collagraph. I hope you enjoy It.
Lavender Moon: Artist, Poet and Lover of Nature 
What a great post bet you enjoyed doing that.it would be good to be clever and creative like you .catch up next week ?
kind regards Sandie On 14 Jul 2016 7:02 pm, “Lavender Moon Girls Blog” wrote:
> lavendermoongirlblog posted: “Yesterday I indulged myself ccompletely. My > inner creative ithild just loved inking up the two collagraph plates that I > designed and made a couple of week’s ago. At this time of year there are > lots of summer blooms to enjoy so I couldn’t resist maki” >
Thanks Sandie. It was fun and very relaxing. We must catch up soon. I’d love to play recorder duets sometime or make a summer posy arrangement if you fancy. Enjoy the sunshine:-)
Wonderful work of art
Thanks so much Raewyn. I enjoyed the whole process from the drawing to the printmaking. A celebration of summer in art. 🙂
Thanks Raewyn. I am getting closer to getting a studio now so I can do more art. I love it! 🙂