On November 9, participants in our mega print course produced intaglio prints using a variety of engraving techniques on a plexiglas matrix with instructor Sandra Ellis. Engraving on plexi uses the same tools and methods as engraving on copper (minus the acid and tar and nasty chemicals). Linework is created using a drypoint needle or a nail, and tonal variation is achieved with traditional tools such as mezzotint rockers, roulettes, scrapers and burnishers, as well as by simply rubbing the surface of the plate with sandpaper. Our students incorporated experimental monoprint methods with more traditional intaglio inking methods to create a variety of full colour images from a single printing plate.
First proof in black and white:
With added colour:
Intaglio inking with monoprint marks worked overtop to create a full colour print in a single press run:
Another student’s black and white proof:
Adding colour and monoprint elements:
Running the block through the press a second time without re-inking produces a “ghost” print:
One more black and white proof:
Colour added in the “a la poupée” method (separate areas of the image inked and wiped in different colours):
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