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Having been overseas for 3 weeks and then spending  a couple of weeks trying to get back into the swing of things again, posting here has been very much on the back burner. However with exhibition dead lines looming I have had to try to find time for some more printmaking. I'm still fascinated by the process of collagraph making and printing, so of course that's where I made a start this week.

This fantasy butterfly was made with pressed leaves, making sure that the veins were in the appropriate place. Unfortunately parts of the leaves began breaking away after a couple of prints, but by the end of the season real butterfly wings are pretty tatty too. It's always a fine balancing line with collagraphs using natural materials, too much shellac blurs the details, too little and the elements often break off with the rubbing of the ink.