MOKULITO 4

MOKULITO 4

Norma with Red Bird

The latest work, employing plywood, has been printed successfully. I utilised chine collie on some of the images, while others will be hand-coloured.

The plate was covered in gum for an extended period of four weeks, without any adverse effects.

Using the transfer blue paper, the image was initially drawn from a life model, photograph, and subsequently reworked using computer software.

The image was then printed directly onto the blue litho transfer paper using a large-format printer.

Subsequently, the image was placed on the plywood and run through the etching press, applying firm pressure to transfer the image to the plate.

Alternatively, I could have worked on the blue paper with litho pencils, crayons, and ink, then simply transfer to the plate, coat with gum, and leave for a few days. However, I prefer drawing directly on the plywood as I derive pleasure from the process and enjoy cutting out areas to produce pure white.

Upon completing the printing, I rolled up in ink and recoated with gum solely, with the intention of printing the image again. We will observe the outcome.

Test

After a few days, I washed off the gum and printed the plate for a second time. The plate printed precisely the same, without any build-up necessary. I then transferred the image to good rag paper. This is advantageous if printing is interrupted, as you can simply re-gum and potentially rework and print another day. However, the work does lose some fine details and middle tones, which occur during the initial round of printing. If you are satisfied with the results, then that is satisfactory.

Printed image