April 22, 2024
The Young Moon
I was helping out with some collagraph print demonstrations at The Ropewalk Print Fair (Barton upon Humber , Lincolnshire) last weekend. In between demos, I had the chance to print a plate I hadn’t used in quite a while. Luckily, the combination of carborundum and varnish is one that is easy to print.
The plate was made by pouring varnish straight of the can onto a pre-prepared round birch plywood plate cut on a laser cutter. Carborundum powder was sprinkled onto the wet surface, before heating with a hairdryer. The heat produced blisters and bubbles and folds in the mixture, resulting in interesting tones and textures in the plate and resulting print.
Sinclair Ashman, April 2024
The Young Moon
