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Print Workshop - 06/12/16

For Skills 2 Print, we were introduced to wood cut printing. I was really excited to learn about a new way of printing, as I had never been able to do wood cut printing before. I also enjoy this type of printing as I enjoy the process of creating a plate, seeing it come together bit by bit, and being able to change and manipulate the print easily. The process of wood cut printing is fairly to similar to lino, but can be slightly more difficult in that it requires a little more effort to cut into wood, whereas lino is fairly softer and smoother. The tools we used were similar, if not the same kind of tools - V tool, U tool and a knife.

It was a lot easier to cut into this wood than I thought, the wood we used was quite soft, making it easier to make marks. However I did feel like I didn't have complete control of the tool as I made certain cuts as it would cut over parts which I didn't want to indent. My plate came better than I thought however I did mess up one of the letters, as I didn't cut it backwards like the rest. However, I decided to go with this and embrace the mistake. I guess it added to the oddness of the image. 

The prints came out better than expected. I decided to go straight in with colours rather than starting with black. I wanted to overlap colours as I had done with previous prints, but they didn't come out as well. The colours just ended up blending together, although that did look just as effective. 

I think I'm definitely going to explore this type of printing further, perhaps even go into etching and possibly even lino cut.

  • themes? - cultural? - political? - no theme?
  • mark making? - different types of wood?
  • combining colours?
  • overlapping images? - different colours?
  • printing over text? painting? old book pages? magazines? collages?







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