Chine colle printmaking

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Shannon Melder ~ Clandestine — Linocut with chine colle, Blue/Copper on creme paper

Posts about Project 14 Investigating combination printing and incorporating chine colle collages written by Pam Wright

Valerie Syposz on Instagram: "Testing out chine collé with some very reasonably priced gampi I got at the beginning of the month. And, it should be no surprise, but it’s beautiful! Drawing straight from life drawing on foil, printed at home. . #print #printmaking #kitchenlitho #kitchenlithography #handprinted #lifedrawing #figuredrawing #printmaker #chinecollé #リトグラフ"

To create this monotype artwork, I used a photograph of a dead tree along with tinted Akua release agent and transferred to paper (Arches 88 printing paper) using a printing press. Prior to running the solar plate, I affixed a photograph (that has been printed on thin rice paper) to the blank printing paper. This process of inking over the attached image is called Chine collé (see below). Each piece is a one of kind print thus called a Monotype. Each print is hand signed and numbered 1/1…

Paper collage made with a printing press and Japanese papers It can be easy to forget to share the behind-the-scenes of what we are working on. These things can give a glimpse into the artistic process and into other ways of working that can be very enlightening and inspiring to others. So, I thou

I do not like to print in editions; editioning limits the potential for expression of the plate... I explore the different personae of the image by printing from the same plate on different grounds or using different techniques - each print is a unique st…