débutant bienvenue: beginners welcome
samedi le 4 mai de 10h00 a
4h00
saturday May 4th
from 10h00 t0 4h00
Atelier de collagraphie
avec DENISE COMEAU
collagraphs with DENISE
COMEAU
50$ tout matériels compris sauf
le papier qui est disponible à La Manivelle -
50$ all
materials include except paper which is available at La Manivelle
WHAT IS A COLLAGRAPH?
Collagraph is a printmaking technique which operates, as the
name suggests, on the basis of collage. It is a particularly robust, direct and
unfussy type of printmaking, with the distinct advantage that it helps one
avoid the temptations of being too intentional with one`s images, as one might
be with lino, line-etching, or silkscreen. Because the surfaces one creates are
relatively unpredictable and indirect, one avoids the temptation merely to
illustrate.
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THE BASIC PROCESS.
By adding marks, textures and surfaces to a thin base plate,
a low relief is created. This can then be inked up in a number of ways:-
a) by rubbing ink, or inks, into the grooves and fissures
(the intaglio). The superficial ink is then wiped away using cotton rag, and a
print can be taken which echoes the deeper surfaces of the plate (this is the
basic principle of an intaglio print).
b) by rolling ink, or inks, over the top surfaces and then
taking a print (a relief print)
c) by rubbing ink, or inks, into the grooves and fissures
(the intaglio), wiping away the superficial ink using cotton rag, and then
rolling ink, or inks, over the top surfaces (a relief print and intaglio print
combined).
The result of the last inking process is a particularly rich
image.
There are refinements to all these processes.
Contacter Karen Boudreau - 769-0269 karenlboudreau@eastlink.ca
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