PRINTMAKING

The wonderful thing about printmaking, especially monotypes, it that the basic technique has been the same for hundreds of years. I love the spontaneity of the art form, as well as the unpredictability. I can go days without producing a single half decent print and then five great ones will appear back to back. For these prints I find myself drawn to animals, using the ink to try to capture the speed and smoothness of creature in motion.

Below are examples of linocuts and monoprints, all available in my shop.

What is a mono-print?
Also known as the most painterly method among the printmaking techniques , a monoprint is essentially a printed painting. The characteristic of this method is that no two prints are alike; although images can be similar, editions are not possible.
Mono-printing is to make an impression on paper, the process only allowing one print to be made. There are many different techniques that can be described as mono-prints, from potato printing to screen-printing, the word does not describe the process but rather the amount of impressions that can be made.

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Printmaking

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