a fascinating introduction to collagraphy, or relief printing through addition of texture to hold ink. We learnt in the print room to mount a variety of textured surfaces and then to apply and wipe diffenrt coloured ink to make a very intersting series of prints.

We examined printes made with glus and acrylic paint to provide resistance to ink, Various tapes to provide texture, and fine emery paper for a delightful texturedinked surface

I na series of experimental plates I used complex and simple textures to make some intersting forms. There is an intersting phenomena where almost anything printed appears more interesting framed in the center of a large sheet of expensive paper. I worked very hard to provide plates with a cohesion, rather than throwing textures together for a serendipitous outcome

corrugated paper , hopefully to make a ‘map’ of fields and country alnes, a birds eye view, hopefully it will take ink, I am concerned that they may be too proud from the surface

string and cment to make an impression of sand blown against fences, again they may be too proud, but a nice object,

400 emery paper, foil,gaffer tape, and shredded jute string, a simple traditional image, but with the shallower relief it may print better

an experiment in textures,aluminum tape, gaffer tapebroken 250 sandpaper, K tape, 600 emery tape with paint and glue, 400 emery paper with wax, grated card, shredded jute string, acrylic paint

2 portraits ( myself and my father) with wax crayon, wax on 600 emery board, some of the wax worked back to board with a graphite pencil

Three movable pieces, multiple textures for a map of an archipelago.

I look forward to printing some of these plates, my concern is that I voer ‘textured’ some of them. I especially look forward to the emery portraits