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Projects, own work
Albion pressed lino images.
03.07.09 | Permalink | Comment?

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.
Projects, own work
lino prints.
03.02.09 | Permalink | Comment?

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.
Techniques, own work
printmaking+pattern.
01.12.09 | Permalink | Comment?

Time to show some of what I’ve been up to over the long and quiet month of December! The above is a linoprint, which works quite nicely on fabric, but not so well on the texture card. (Underneath is my incredibly messy desk!)

Albion pressed lino images.