Nonetheless, I am alien to the methods of fine art prints, and am thankful (WL, since you were not there, this is for you) to visit the Singapore Tyler Print Institute Open House last weekend. VVN, MW and I truly enjoyed ourselves playing with papers, no less than the many kids present there. =)
1. Lithography
Pic A: Spreading ink onto the roller...
Pic B: I am not rolling pancakes...am applying ink to the dampened stone surface
Pic B: I am not rolling pancakes...am applying ink to the dampened stone surface
Pic C: MW and me scrutinizing the image painted on the stone
Pic D: VVN spreading a dry sheet of paper on the inked surface
Pic E: The stone pass underneath on the press bed
The finished product, is like pencil sketching, absolutely lovely. ^_^
Pic A: Copper plate etched with a permanent image. This inked image is then covered with a dampened sheet of paper and run through the press. The paper is then peeled away from the copper plate
Pic B: Three proud owners of the printed images
Pic A: Ink is applied evenly to the raised parts of the woodblock before placing a sheet of slightly damp paper on top
Pic B: Rolling the paper and woodblock through the printing press!
Pic C: MW demonstrates another way by rubbing the back of the paper with a spoon evenly across the entire surface. Seemed like a cooking lesson from afar, isn't it? =p
Pic A: Using the squeegee to squeeze ink through the "open areas" of the screen onto the paper below
Pic B: MW pulling out the paper placed under the aluminium frame
Top two and bottom image: mousy products of relief printing, very CNY. Haha.
Left: A maze for mouse made from screenprinting method
Right: My favourite mouse printed using lithography!
5. Papermaking
Step 1: Use a mould and dip into the vat
Step 2: I am asked to hold it vertically before placing it horizontally again but I still don't understand why...
Step 3: Lifting up the mould, filled with a layer of wet paper pulp (reminds me of tofu)
Anyway, this is just a summary on prints, for more information, please refer to wikipedia. Haha.
(photo credits: VVN)
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