Technique for July

The technique for July that I'd like to explore is Monoprinting. Technically, monoprinting is a method of making one image, with only one print taken from the inked/painted surface, although you can actually sometimes get 2-3 prints.

Monoprinting can be done in several different ways, like squirting paint on a piece of glass and swirling it around, or by making a gelatin plate and using that for your printing surface, using a carved linoleum block, even using a piece of bubble wrap, a carved potato or a sponge. Resists can be created with paper, or by adding leaves, stems, or other organic material.

Here are some links to examples of monoprinting:

http://www.joggles.com/bubble-printing-tutorial.htm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lW3aPDQ4tk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvr6YqyyfUY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaO2Ylye6tc&feature=related

Materials that might be needed include a brayer or a small sponge roller, Setacolor paints and/or Dynaflo paints, fabric paints, maybe some thickened procion mx dye, linoleum blocks for carving (from Dick Blick or other on-line supplier).

The link below gives a good explanation of gelatin printing, and also tells how to make the gelatin plate.

http://harborview-arts.com/kathleen_garner/gelatin_printing.html