MONO PRINTING
WITH LEAVES
Arranging leaf shapes onto printing plates.I applied a black background ink and red ink directly to the bamboo leaves and stalk and put it through the printing press.
The empty plate with the shadow of the leaf imprints looks like an x-ray.
The print turned out great! beginners luck!
I really like how it picks up the leaves that are over the edge of the plate.
the colour, shape and bamboo give this print an Japanese style. I'm really happy with the result and see many possibilities for this process.
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| Antique Japanese wood cut print |
this monotone print is the second press with the leaves removed and placed next to the plate, it again has an x-ray quality to it and totally different feel to the original print.
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| close up of second press of plate with leaves removed |
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| second press of leaves removed from plate and pressed separately |
I applied this very juicy leaf to an inked plate.
It released a lot of fluid under the press and distorted the print and gave quite an unusual effect.
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| photo copy of leaf and plate |
I pressed the leave again without the plate and it gave a truer image.
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| used plate with leaf juice |
this monotone print is the second press with the leaves removed and placed next to the plate, it again has an x-ray quality to it and totally different feel to the original print.
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