What a great printmaking workshop I attended over the weekend! The workshop, given by visiting Scottish (although born and until fairly recently living in England) printmaker Sarah Ross Thompson, was a lot of concentrated hard work, but we covered such a great deal over the 2 days.
These 3 pictures are of sample blocks, each using different collagraph techniques, from cutting into the board, adding materials and allowing the materials to extend beyond the boards.
Below is a larger print that I made from a plate constructed on the second day of the course. There were 10 people in the class, and we were given the choice of making something purely abstract or figurative. I think that my 'alien' scene fell somewhere in between!
The colours are a somewhat different to the original, with the brown rocky area at the bottom turning blackish mauve in this picture., but it all worked out reasonably well.
2 comments:
These are great, Sue - isn't it lovely to come home from a workshop feeling satisfied and knowing that your time had been well spent?
Thank you Gill! Yes, I quite agree, spending 6 hours a day at full pace for the 2 days was very tiring, but very well worth the effort.
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