Mat Board Collagraph

Back to collagraph with carborundum.

Mat board collagraph. If you re interested in learning more about making a collagraph print from mat board here s a link to a playlist of youtube videos on my channel. Using a press to print a mat board collagraph. Loose carborundum will adhere to the wet sections of your varnish on a printmaking plate and once dry it. Collagraph plate and print video instructions.

You ll find a variety of carving and inking demos there and every tutorial has a show more link under the video window to expand a description area that s full of links to supplies. After a trip under the press with soaked and blotted printmaking paper on top of the plate you can see the results of the pressure in the photo above. Let s make a collagraph printmaking plate from a scrap piece of mat board. The paper is embossed with the shape of the voids i cut and peeled out of the mat board collagraph plate.

I ve got some process photos blog posts and video tutorials for you. This material is also. The mat board and construction paper collagraph above painted with watercolor sold paper and etching press considerations high and low extremes in your adhered elements on a collagraph plate requires paper to stretch into recessed areas of ink so you may tear the paper as its being draped over higher shapes on your plate. When using the grit dry it feels like beach or desert sand.