COLLAGRAPH printmaking

Post date: Sep 13, 2016 3:26:56 PM

Our CRHS Printmaking students have started their year learning the basics - what IS printmaking, anyway?

Many casual viewers don't understand the hours of work that go into creating a printing plate, and only see the results of the work, the print.

After working with gelatin printmaking, students have gotten a bit more detailed by creating a COLLAGRAPH plate based off of vintage and retro travel posters. Reverse-image was important, as the lettering for the posters had to all go on backwards to print facing correctly.

Students are completing their plates and pulling their first prints and the results will be on display soon!