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portrait badges
06.08.10 | Permalink | 2 CommentsSo I’ve been badgering(!) away, and making different badges. The ones above originally looked like this before being popped in the oven. I’m not quite sure if I fully like these- I don’t know anyone that would actually want to wear a portrait on their lapel so perhaps they don’t make much sense… but they were my attempt at a sort of modern victorian cameo.
Below- the pin backs are held in place with a little piece of felt for strength.
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diy or die.
diy or die., originally uploaded by valeriepica.com. Making badges with shrinky dinks…
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Albion pressed lino images.
I recently had an incredibly useful session in the print room with my lecturer and the print technician, who both showed me a lot about lino printing. We used the University’s lovely but neglected Albion press, of which there are two in Europe, both situated in our University. I was immediately told not to use the water based ink I’d been leaning towards, but instead the oil based, which is a very different texture. Padding was another thing I knew nothing of but is very important in getting the correct density of ink in the image. There seems to be two main variables- the ink and pressure, so it should be pretty straightforward to work out what is lacking.
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lino prints.
I thought I’d post a few images of the lino cut image, to show how the ink and baren changes the image. This lino is made from the ink drawings in the previous post, if you care to see. The image above is the first pull, which was done with Schminke waterbased relief ink, and cartridge paper, rubbing the back of the paper with the base of a water bottle.
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