Thank you so much for these latest collograph plates. I appreciate your posting them. and, yes, Sally Hirst is really a wonderful teacher ! have learned a lot from this posting about the Chin Colle. It was really beautiful on the prints Margaret Hogan
And could I please ask where you get shellac? Nothing in shops round here, and I'd like to order the right kind? Or is there an alternative for sealing plates? Thank you!
@@stevenlittle5954 I bought mine from Jackson’s Art, are in UK? Oh wow how did you get to me from Sally Hirst, was that on UA-cam? Sally is my hero, love her work and tutorials
So wonderful. You know I love to see how you recycle stuff not traditionally intended for the purposes you put them. I've set up a cardboard frame on a hard perspex surface and I'm going to apply filler above it create an image. I tried to create a carving in a cork placemat which is sort of similar to a coaster to help me make an embossing folder... Unfortunately cork absorbs the glue like you wouldn't believe even if it is drenched in release agent. I can absolutely see how useful little coasters would be. I'm sure I can find them around the house. Brilliant! Also, really nice works.
@@CollagraphPrinting There's a lot of beer in Belgium, so they will undoubtedly be easy to find! My latest discovery? Using a heat gun to melt thick layers of cling wrap and then iron the already melted cling wrap onto a rubber mould of an engraving to make a hard plastic embossing plate. It melts around the edges, doesn't stick to the (KMS adhesive) rubber and hardens into a thick plate. Here's to the things you find in the kitchen!
Hi I've very much enjoyed watching your video and they have inspired me to make some prints (burnished with a metal spoon). Hope you don't mind me asking, Im thinking about buying a press. Do you have any advice about presses for use at home (UK)? What press bed size would you recommend? Many thanks for the fab UA-cam videos Kirsty.
Thank you Kirsty I am really glad you enjoyed the video! Presses very much depend on your budget and how big you want to print. I have Polymetaal Press HS-35 Tabletop Etching Press which can print up to A3 size. For me that’s big enough. These presses are not too expensive and really good. A great low budget alternative is x cut press and I know a lot of people who use it: handprinted.co.uk/blogs/blog/printing-with-the-xcut-xpress Hope this helps and happy printing!
@@CollagraphPrinting Thank you very much for getting back to me. Yes, the Polymetaal HS 35 was one of the presses that I was thinking about. I will look into it some more and will probably take the plunge. Gulp! Lol.
* I finally went and looked up what chine collé is so I'd know what you were talking about. I'll have to check crackle paste as well. Is that like gesso but that is deliberately intended to distress the surface?
...and unfortunately I still don't really know what it is. I thought at first that it was referring to the thin rice paper used but it turns out that it is a whole technique. Now I feel really uninformed!
It could be anything at all. Best to use thin paper. Crackle paste is a product which cracks after application, various companies make it. Needs to be applied on hard surface
@@CollagraphPrinting I found out about the technique where you glue very fine paper simultaneously with printing onto a dampened back sheet. It really does sound marvellous and I'm going to rewatch your films on this subject because it suddenly seems even more fascinating.
Marvelous miniatures! The foil paper really did the trick for the bark. Love the chine colle for the softness in the leaves.
Thank you, making little prints can be fun and feels less scary 😊
Thank you so much for these latest collograph plates. I appreciate your posting them. and, yes, Sally Hirst is really a wonderful teacher ! have learned a lot from this posting about the Chin Colle. It was really beautiful on the prints
Margaret Hogan
Thank you Margaret and you are welcome 🤗
The second print reminds me of Shoreham Garden by Samuel Palmer. Exciting stuff! Thank you.
Thank you 🙏 oh yes just looked it up, it does look a bit like it
Thanks for reply! And thanks for all your vids. Came to you via Sally Hirst. You're now my 'go to' for all things collagraph!
And could I please ask where you get shellac? Nothing in shops round here, and I'd like to order the right kind? Or is there an alternative for sealing plates? Thank you!
@@stevenlittle5954 I bought mine from Jackson’s Art, are in UK? Oh wow how did you get to me from Sally Hirst, was that on UA-cam? Sally is my hero, love her work and tutorials
Thank you. I guess your face just popped up as recommended after I'd watched a few of Sally's and searched for more collagraph videos.
Marta, you are a genius! 😊
Aaah thank you Diane! 🤗
Very interesting Marta. Some fabulous results (-: Marion 🎉
Thank you Marion 👋🙏
So wonderful. You know I love to see how you recycle stuff not traditionally intended for the purposes you put them. I've set up a cardboard frame on a hard perspex surface and I'm going to apply filler above it create an image. I tried to create a carving in a cork placemat which is sort of similar to a coaster to help me make an embossing folder... Unfortunately cork absorbs the glue like you wouldn't believe even if it is drenched in release agent. I can absolutely see how useful little coasters would be. I'm sure I can find them around the house. Brilliant! Also, really nice works.
Beer matts work well too!
@@CollagraphPrinting There's a lot of beer in Belgium, so they will undoubtedly be easy to find! My latest discovery? Using a heat gun to melt thick layers of cling wrap and then iron the already melted cling wrap onto a rubber mould of an engraving to make a hard plastic embossing plate. It melts around the edges, doesn't stick to the (KMS adhesive) rubber and hardens into a thick plate. Here's to the things you find in the kitchen!
Hi I've very much enjoyed watching your video and they have inspired me to make some prints (burnished with a metal spoon). Hope you don't mind me asking, Im thinking about buying a press. Do you have any advice about presses for use at home (UK)? What press bed size would you recommend? Many thanks for the fab UA-cam videos Kirsty.
Thank you Kirsty I am really glad you enjoyed the video! Presses very much depend on your budget and how big you want to print. I have Polymetaal Press HS-35 Tabletop Etching Press which can print up to A3 size. For me that’s big enough. These presses are not too expensive and really good. A great low budget alternative is x cut press and I know a lot of people who use it: handprinted.co.uk/blogs/blog/printing-with-the-xcut-xpress
Hope this helps and happy printing!
@@CollagraphPrinting Thank you very much for getting back to me. Yes, the Polymetaal HS 35 was one of the presses that I was thinking about. I will look into it some more and will probably take the plunge. Gulp! Lol.
@@kirsty145 follow your passion and you can’t go wrong 🙌. My press gives me so much joy 🤩
* I finally went and looked up what chine collé is so I'd know what you were talking about. I'll have to check crackle paste as well. Is that like gesso but that is deliberately intended to distress the surface?
...and unfortunately I still don't really know what it is. I thought at first that it was referring to the thin rice paper used but it turns out that it is a whole technique. Now I feel really uninformed!
It could be anything at all. Best to use thin paper. Crackle paste is a product which cracks after application, various companies make it. Needs to be applied on hard surface
@@CollagraphPrinting I found out about the technique where you glue very fine paper simultaneously with printing onto a dampened back sheet. It really does sound marvellous and I'm going to rewatch your films on this subject because it suddenly seems even more fascinating.
To much reflection to really see your work
Sorry to hear it, sometimes the light in my studio can be unpredictable