Tag: Monoprinting
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How to translate and adapt an image into a finished print.
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Step by step instructions when creating a double-sided concertina book with individually stitched pages and hard covers.
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Layering sample prints in different styles to create complex imagery.
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An exploration into using stencils in multiple ways to create layered printed outcomes.
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This collaborative exhibition demonstrates how two printmaking groups have responded to each other’s work – an exercise in working outside your comfort zone.
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In a recent workshop with (the amazing) Glen Skein we were each given a package of materials to collage. The guidelines were: The assembled collage…
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On an experimental printmaking site I came across this technique. I cut open a bubble-wrap lined postal envelope and laid both sides flat before applying…
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Both internal and external pages have been printed and bound using reverse piano hinge. Each internal page has a semi-translucent title page preceding it, as…
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There is much bushland around where I live and I walk the trails regularly. Teenagers on bicycles & mountain bikes and older lads on motorbikes…
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Low tide at Bellambi Point dog beach. It’s a place I visit regularly and I’ve many, many photos of rock pools, surf, sea grasses, sand…
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Still taking pictures of the breakwater in Newcastle I was amazed to see rocks heavily pock-marked by wind erosion. Well, I assume that’s what’s caused…
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This print originated from some drawings I did of the TV remote control where I was exploring abstracting a drawn design, full details of which…
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More photos of the breakwater in Newcastle show not only huge rocks in place but also concrete blocks, which I can only imagine were installed…
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A recent overnight stay in Newcastle (NSW) gave me the opportunity to walk the length of Nobby’s Breakwater, although I see on Google maps it’s…
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During a few days away recently we stopped at Terrigal and walked along the recently completed sea-front boardwalk. I took numerous photos of the wind…
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The inspiration for this project comes from my recent photos and drawings which have been abstracted, simplified and stylised. The end results bear no relation…
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For the last couple of months I’ve been working on abstracting designs from drawings and photographs, trialing stencils and masking techniques, exploring textural prints and…
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Having been in a very restrictive lock-down situation, due to increasing numbers of covid 19 cases in our state, I’ve been close to home for…
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Over the last couple of years I’ve enjoyed a lot of monoprinting using stencils, masks and pattern-creation with textured items. I’ve amassed quite a stash…
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This project came about when playing very loud music whilst working alone in my studio. Sometimes finding it difficult to remain motivated through the long…
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Building on the prints from my previous post I created a range of multi-layered monoprints, sticking to a reduced colour palette and using only lines…
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Using a very reduced colour palette I’m currently starting a range of monoprints based on lines and shapes – in this case, circles. I’ve had…
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Claire Brach, In Isolation, 2020, free-standing articulated concertina book, commercial & handmade paper, mixed media drawing & painting, monoprinting
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Finally every page printed. 32 different plants printed in isolation, each showcased in their own right. Here is a selection. I also printed some of…
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In part 1 I showed the waste prints from this project and explained the process of transferring plant material, mainly leaves, to paper. Each page…
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When looking back over my recent online mixed media course I was struck again at how much I had enjoyed creating temporary vignettes from plant…
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Working with nature: Plant Drying In anticipation of creating some nature monoprints I’ve continued to collect fallen flora. Each leaf has been carefully laid out…
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My previous nature monoprinting had me using inks that complemented the plant material I was using as my imagery; yellow ochre, green and light sepia. …
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The (communal) print studio is currently concentrating on monoprinting and whilst there is some latitude to deviate from this it can become a problem with…
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Print series 1 Source material as inspiration: I chose this picture of bone calcification and zoomed into the detail. Drawing the design: After several small…
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This is not something I’ve done much of in the past as I lean more towards ‘manufactured’ shapes and abstract designs but as I’ve been…
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Continuing experimentation My last post described how I’m moving more towards connections & connectivity and away from circuitry. In a break from the very sharp,…
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I thought I would show a few of the waste prints resulting from mask preparation, colour reduction when ghost printing is required and some negative…
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I’ve been very quiet on my blog while working through my first print designs. Several things have happened over recent weeks which are pushing this…
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Nature, monoprint by Claire B
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Monoprinting with Glen Skien. January saw me at Sturt Summer School for 5 days of printmaking. The program included great live-in accommodation, excellent food and…
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The final goal for this project has been to create some A4 sheets of handmade paper embellished/decorated/manipulated to a specific theme for inclusion in a…
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A change in colour scheme: I like the colour scheme but the application isn’t great. Decided to try red on green background instead of green…
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Continuing with the triangles but moving into more positive and negative shapes and spaces. Above: masked prints on handmade plant fibre paper, smooth side. These…
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Loving the precise lines and solid colours of this project. As the inking up, layering and multiple press passes is quite long-winded I only had…
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My theme for this project is ‘Linear Containment’ and my start point is a simple triangle. These monoprints are being formed in layers using multiple…
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Experimental Printing Techniques I’ve mixed feelings about this one day class I attended yesterday. The finished works shown by the tutor, Vivien Haley, were spectacular,…
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3 1/2 days of printmaking in the Blue Mountains with Seraphina Martin has resulted in some good outcomes, a new view on ‘collaging’ print layers…