A couple of weeks ago in class, we stepped into the world of collagraphy. Collagraphy is a printmaking process in which materials are applied to paperboard or wood. While collagraphing, you can use all types of objects to create your collage-like work of art. We used all sorts of items like: bracelets, zippers, placemats, and even bobby pins & an earplug (courtesy of me #hehe)...
In Collagraphing 3 things are very important to the process when using a Vandercook Universal 1. Those things are:
A Wood block to make sure the objects are type high,
A Type High Gauge to measure the height of the objects ensuring they're all are the same or around the same height
Double sided tape to stick the objects on the woodblock (Good Quality Double-sided tape)
Type High Gauge w/some items being measured on a wood block
Once you have all of those things included the objects you want to put onto the woodblock you are pretty much ready to go......
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Some items with doublesided tape inked and ready to go
As you can see some items include a paperclip, a coin, a piece of material
Woodblocks with our selected items ready for print
Once we finally began printing, we created different variations of collagraphs from our selected items. The collagraphs may be similar but no two are alike... Check out some of our prints!!!!
Can you tell the difference between each collagraph ???
Or do they all look the same to you????
Well I hope you enjoyed Day 4 of my Letterpress Chronicles....I'll be writing really soon especially since this post is uber late......
Til Next Time,
Meagan