COLLAGE BY A PRINTMAKER.

Collagraph Printmaking is a form of relief collage, which uses collaged materials adhered to a background or plate, and which is hardened to make print editions, using a press.

The above collagraph print started with making a casting of actual plants and leaves. They were covered with aluminum foil, and run through a press, to make the mold. The aluminum relief (where the leaves were) was filled on the back side with acrylic modeling paste until it hardened. The acrylic casting was glued to the masonite arch and rectangle. They were printed from the combined intaglio and relief surfaces by inking the different levels using the viscosity method.

This was shown in this sequence to introduce the next step- Picture Planes and Format Shapes.

Writing and Collagraph Image above is the Copyright © of Ruth Zachary.