Birds on the Air
£55
Collagraph
Variable Edition of 16
Image size - 10cm x 10cm
Mounted size - 25cm x 25cm
Birds on the Air
'Birds on the Air' is an original hand-made collagraph print. For this print I used a blind embossing technique for the background, this involves masking off the plate so no ink but only the texture prints on to the paper.
Please note:
All my prints are original limited editions. Due to the collagraph technique, no two editions of the print are identical. This means that you will receive a unique handmade print!
The print you receive may differ slightly from the image on the left. If you would like to see a photo of the exact print I have available please send me an email before you place your order.
The word ‘collagraph’ is taken from the word ‘collage’. Prints are produced from collaged plates with a highly textured surface, resulting in an embossed print.
Firstly, I create a printing plate using textured materials glued onto card. My collagraph plates are created using anything I can find to create texture, from rice and couscous to wallpapers, sand, string, leaves, glue and plaster.
When the plate is dry, I seal it then apply etching inks by hand. I place dampened paper onto the plate and run them through a printing press. My press is converted from an old clothes mangle.
The pressure applied by the press transfers the image and surface texture from the plate onto the paper, creating a textured print.
No two images are identical as I re-ink the plate by hand for each new edition of the print.