mokulito test plate
Norma with red Bird The latest work using plywood, the work printed up well, I used chine collie on some of the images, other will be hand coloured. The plate was covered in gum for a long time, four weeks, with no ill effects. Using the transfer blue paper, the image was first drawn from a a life model, photograph and reworked using computer software. The image was then printed directly onto the blue litho transfer paper with a large format printer. Then the image is placed on the plywood and run through the etching press, firm pressure to transfer the image to the plate I could have worked on the blue paper with litho pencils and crayons and ink, then when finished simply transfer to the plate, coat with gum and leave for a few days, but I like to draw directly on the plywood as I enjoy the process, also love to cut out areas to produce pure white. This time, when finished with the printing I rolled up in ink and recoated with gum only, idea being I ...