Please note that each print is inked up individually meaning that no two prints are ever the same.

This means that the print you receive will look slightly different to the image shown. If you would like me to send you a photo of the exact print that 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.