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We tried printing it with my pin press but we could not apply enough pressure to print the recesses. Beth then tried her pasta roller.
That totally worked! See the great lines?
First it was all about quilting and then dyeing and then I started making books and zentangling and drawing. Now I have given up on limiting myself and this is all about my creative journey. Hope you'll join me on my journey and invite me on yours!
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Intaglio Printing
Before Beth and I started to make our hard cover books, we tried some intaglio printing. Intaglioo printing is when you ink up a plate, wipe off as much ink as possible, and then print. What appears on the paper is the ink left in the recesses of the plate. Here are the collagraph plates (one front and one back) I made using cardboard from a Girl Scout cookie box and modeling paste.
We inked up the plates, wiped off the ink using first pages from an old phone book and then a tarleton.
We tried printing it with my pin press but we could not apply enough pressure to print the recesses. Beth then tried her pasta roller.
That totally worked! See the great lines?
We tried printing it with my pin press but we could not apply enough pressure to print the recesses. Beth then tried her pasta roller.
That totally worked! See the great lines?
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Good thinking on the pasta roller. Too bad they don't make really large ones. Doesn't it make you want to go out and get a printing press?
ReplyDeleteI will try this again ...
ReplyDeleteNow I know what intaglio printing is and also how people print using a pasta machine. Blogging is so educational!!
ReplyDeleteLove the print!!! Laura Kemshall uses pasta maker too. I requested one for Christmas from my kids but haven't tried it out yet!! Too many things to bring to Florida with me! But you've peaked my interest again!!
ReplyDeleteA Pasta roller???? Sheer brilliance......LOVE it!!!!!
ReplyDeleteHow clever to use a pasta machine!
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