Blog Posts
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November Printing Technique: Fingerprinting
A very simple printing technique this month, and that is fingerprinting. It is the process of capturing the unique patterns…
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October Printing Technique: Gel Plate Printing
Gel plate printing is a process of creating unique prints (monotypes) by applying acrylic paint to a gel plate, adding…
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September Printing Technique: Monoprinting with Watercolour
Autumn is coming and some of the leaves have started to turn colour and fall so I thought I would…
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August Printing Technique: Hammered Leaf and Flower Printmaking
After a bit of a rainy July the cosmos, verbena and marigolds in my garden have put on a beautiful…
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July Printing Technique: Lego Printmaking
I have recently seen Lego printmaking trending on social media platforms and had to try it for myself. Using Lego…
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May Printing Technique: Homemade Basic Shape Stamps
A little less involved with equipment this month, I am trying out creating designs from basic shape stamps. I have…
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Robert Smail’s Printing Works, National Trust of Scotland
Following in the theme of printing this year I visited Robert Smail’s Printing Works in Innerleithen (National Trust of Scotland).…
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April Printing Techniques: Woodblock Printing
Carved wooden blocks loaded with ink can be used to create single image designs or repeated patterns. This is a…
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March Printing Technique: Screen Printing
In this method of printing a very fine mesh screen is used to transfer ink onto a substrate. A stencil…
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February Printing Technique: Botanical Monoprinting
In this process foraged flowers and leaves are inked and used to produce a direct one-off print. Sandwiched between two…