You ate SUCH a fabulous inspiration and teacher. I actually think I can pull this off 🤣 You are teaching me way more than my college print class 😳 It’s a think I get a senior discount! 😅All I do there is print with their big presses. The instructor is really a sculptor and quite a fabulous one and I’m thankful he’s keeping the class open but we only learn the very basics term after term.
I used to be a printmaker and am so grateful to find your videos! I'm tempted to get some cardboard and finally take my copper plates to the scap metal place...keep up the good work... that is a GORGEOUS, luscious print, and you should be very proud.
Thank you Anna, that is so nice to hear. As much as I love etching, collagraph is a bit less toxic and actually more interesting I think. I hope you have a go and come back to your printing passion
That is gorgeous! Thank you so much for sharing. I have just started experimenting with the mag mix and golden open acrylics which i just learned can be used together for printmaking. Great way to experiment while waiting for my printing ink colours to arrive.
Hi Martha, love your videos and learning from you about collagraph and viscosity printing. Thanks so much. This print really works. Fabulous. You can get magnesium carbonate powder (fine grade) which is the traditional printmakers modifier and easier to mix into ink (I think) than the Akua magmix. And cheaper I'm sure. Must admit to roller envy!
Oh - you're using magnesium carbonate paste to thicken intaglio oil paint. Sorry, I got confused: I bought a little brown bottle of akua acrylic paint thickening agent and it was enormously expensive and I swore to myself that I'd find a cheaper alternatiive. But as a more economic alternative to the akua mag powder, I just got a box of magnesium carbonate that... boxers and gymnasts use! Recently in a film on lithography I noticed that they said they used... talcum powder!
Thank you so much for sharing this with us! It is a gorgeous print. Can you please tell us what printer and transparent paper you used to print your digitally enhanced image? Thank you!
Wow, beautiful print ♥️. Do you have a video on how you prepare your plates for printing (shellac part) ? Also which type of plate do you enjoy most? Thank you!
In quite a few of my previous videos I show how to shellac the plates. I normally brush over both sides and prefer to use Jackson’s art shellac as it allows for more detail to show through. I use enviroboard as a preferred plate. Thank you for watching 😁
Really beautiful print... I'm still looking for the secret ingredient that will make my acrylic paints stickier and thicker. I use so much paint that I can't afford to buy akua agents which is enormously expensive and I'd only waste... next experiment I'm mixing standard gel medium with various amounts of woodglue and talcum powder... Wood glue mixed with acrylic paints directly makes it thicker and heavier and it pools around the edges of the embossing folder. But my experiments continue. I mean, I might eventually find an economic alternative eventually! I also wanted to ask you: the fabric that you feed through the etching press: what is it? It appears white and because it's shiny I can't see it very well because of a problem with my eyes. Everything that is white glows. I just wanted to know if it was cotton, felt, leather or chamois fabric. I want to make something like that for my press which I can mark.
Are you using aqua washable inks, then? I can’t tell, and appreciate knowing products used, esp loved seeing Snowden paper used. Was curious, tho: I heard the reason printers use burnt plate oil ( at least for traditional oil based inks) is because it wont rot cotton rag? Thanks so much for sharing your experiences!
Hi Kat, I use oil based inks, intaglio printmakers. I am not sure about the rag rot, but I use linseed oil to loosen the ink so that it repels the next layer of link which hasn’t been diluted.
Thank you! I use Intaglio printmaker ink (they have a shop in London as well as online). I used here Akua thickening paste and linseed oil from Howthorn print. I use enviroboard which I bought from Handprinted. Hope it helps
Hello dear lady and artist. I am Fardad, born in 1983 in June. ومجرد. I became interested in you. Your love is in my heart. I want to marry you . Do you live without love and without a spouse?
You ate SUCH a fabulous inspiration and teacher. I actually think I can pull this off 🤣 You are teaching me way more than my college print class 😳 It’s a think I get a senior discount! 😅All I do there is print with their big presses. The instructor is really a sculptor and quite a fabulous one and I’m thankful he’s keeping the class open but we only learn the very basics term after term.
@@laurasapko8424 ah thank you, so nice to hear you are enjoying the videos. You can always bring the new ideas to the class. Happy printing 🤗
@@CollagraphPrinting oh I definitely am! And telling them how to find you
I used to be a printmaker and am so grateful to find your videos! I'm tempted to get some cardboard and finally take my copper plates to the scap metal place...keep up the good work... that is a GORGEOUS, luscious print, and you should be very proud.
Thank you Anna, that is so nice to hear. As much as I love etching, collagraph is a bit less toxic and actually more interesting I think. I hope you have a go and come back to your printing passion
Love the print! So clean and has a 3d look!
@@NasserAlhameli thank you 🙏
That is gorgeous! Thank you so much for sharing. I have just started experimenting with the mag mix and golden open acrylics which i just learned can be used together for printmaking. Great way to experiment while waiting for my printing ink colours to arrive.
That’s so interesting, thank you for sharing and watching 🤗
Wonderful! I particularly like the abstract quality of the overall image. Thanks for the visual delight.
Thank you Jose, really glad you enjoyed it!
Hi Marta. Wow! Amazing viscosity print. I love the Akua products, primarily because they are environmentally friendly. Thanks for sharing (-: Marion 😊
Thank you Marion, hope your printmaking is going well
Lovely lovely!!
Thank you 🙏
Gorgeous ❤
Thank you 🙏
Fabulous process to learn and a beautiful print! Thank you 😊
You are welcome Sally, thank you for watching
As always, so good 👍Keep up the great work!
Thank you Ifraan!
that is gorgeous!
Thank you 🙏
Hi Martha, love your videos and learning from you about collagraph and viscosity printing. Thanks so much. This print really works. Fabulous.
You can get magnesium carbonate powder (fine grade) which is the traditional printmakers modifier and easier to mix into ink (I think) than the Akua magmix. And cheaper I'm sure.
Must admit to roller envy!
Thank you Jenny! That is so interesting about the magnesium carbonate, I will get some and see what it’s like. Thank you for watching.
Oh - you're using magnesium carbonate paste to thicken intaglio oil paint. Sorry, I got confused: I bought a little brown bottle of akua acrylic paint thickening agent and it was enormously expensive and I swore to myself that I'd find a cheaper alternatiive. But as a more economic alternative to the akua mag powder, I just got a box of magnesium carbonate that... boxers and gymnasts use! Recently in a film on lithography I noticed that they said they used... talcum powder!
Thank you so much for sharing this with us! It is a gorgeous print. Can you please tell us what printer and transparent paper you used to print your digitally enhanced image? Thank you!
Thank you and you are welcome 🤗 I used a laser printer with acetate transparent sheet
Wow, beautiful print ♥️. Do you have a video on how you prepare your plates for printing (shellac part) ? Also which type of plate do you enjoy most? Thank you!
In quite a few of my previous videos I show how to shellac the plates. I normally brush over both sides and prefer to use Jackson’s art shellac as it allows for more detail to show through. I use enviroboard as a preferred plate. Thank you for watching 😁
@@CollagraphPrinting thank you! I do appreciate your reply. I will go through your video archives! Awesome videos 🌸
Really beautiful print... I'm still looking for the secret ingredient that will make my acrylic paints stickier and thicker. I use so much paint that I can't afford to buy akua agents which is enormously expensive and I'd only waste... next experiment I'm mixing standard gel medium with various amounts of woodglue and talcum powder... Wood glue mixed with acrylic paints directly makes it thicker and heavier and it pools around the edges of the embossing folder. But my experiments continue. I mean, I might eventually find an economic alternative eventually! I also wanted to ask you: the fabric that you feed through the etching press: what is it? It appears white and because it's shiny I can't see it very well because of a problem with my eyes. Everything that is white glows. I just wanted to know if it was cotton, felt, leather or chamois fabric. I want to make something like that for my press which I can mark.
Interesting! It’s a special printing press blanket, but you could use felt as cheaper alternative
Are you using aqua washable inks, then? I can’t tell, and appreciate knowing products used, esp loved seeing Snowden paper used. Was curious, tho: I heard the reason printers use burnt plate oil ( at least for traditional oil based inks) is because it wont rot cotton rag? Thanks so much for sharing your experiences!
Hi Kat, I use oil based inks, intaglio printmakers. I am not sure about the rag rot, but I use linseed oil to loosen the ink so that it repels the next layer of link which hasn’t been diluted.
Thanks: I didn’t know if Akua products could be mixed with oil based inks!
@@katmcgee9516 they are not, I don’t use Akua ink in this video
great video! Do you use Akua ink? And which linseed oil and mediaum did you use? Thanks!
Thank you! I use Intaglio printmaker ink (they have a shop in London as well as online). I used here Akua thickening paste and linseed oil from Howthorn print. I use enviroboard which I bought from Handprinted. Hope it helps
@@CollagraphPrinting Thanks!!!
What was the surface used as a plate for viscosity?
You can use mounting card or any cardboard
I❤ it
Thank you 🤗
What's the plate made from?
Mount board called enviromount
Hello dear lady and artist. I am Fardad, born in 1983 in June. ومجرد. I became interested in you. Your love is in my heart. I want to marry you . Do you live without love and without a spouse?
That’s very sweet of you but I am already married.
🥀 😆