......after watching many hours of videos on YouTube, I decided to try this process. I was also curious if I could use my clay slab roller as a printing press.
I cut a small sheet of mat card and applied GAC-100 (an acrylic medium), LiquiTex Stucco paste and Golden Gloss Gel medium in various shapes. After the mediums dried, I coated the entire piece with Krylon gloss spray. The coating is to prevent the matboard from soaking up the ink.
I then applied Akua Intaglio ink and wiped it back with cheese cloth, because I have no scrim (a stiffened cheesecloth material). Since the cheese cloth is quite flexible, I was careful not to over wipe the plate. I placed the plate on a piece of matboard atop a silicone mat and then used a towel folded in quarters as a blanket (since I do not have proper felt print blankets).
I set the slab roller to the minimum height and rolled the table twice.
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| print on the left, plate on the right |
The resulting print on 88# (189 gsm) paper embossed fairly well and certainly printed. I soaked the paper in water for about 10 minutes. The slab roller works, but obviously a real printing press would offer superior results. Keep in mind that I have zero experience in making or printing collagraph plates, so this is all just an amusing experiment.
