In a recent workshop with (the amazing) Glen Skein we were each given a package of materials to collage. The guidelines were:

• No addition of a base matrix.
• No gluing. Narrow masking tape was provided to piece elements together.
• Minimal addition of other materials.
• Not everything provided had to be included.

The assembled collage was placed face down on a sheet of inked Mylar and run through the press with a waste sheet over the top.

The Mylar plate was then printed, thereby lifting the ghostly image remaining in the ink.

Materials and techniques I used:
Cartridge paper with cutouts, thin cord, tarlatan, texture paste, scrim threads, masking tape.
Lacy fabric was pressed into the texture paste on the silhouette to create a pattern, paper was folded as can be seen top right.
Sakura oil-based ink, 250gsm Arches paper.