Sinclair Ashman, Printmaker.Processes, techniques and final prints.
Treasure I
'Treasure' is the theme of my latest series of prints. Click the image to see all prints for sale.
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Experiments with materials and techniques, print projects in progress, preparations for forthcoming exhibitions and fairs and finished prints.
Printmakers Council show: āColourā
The next chance to see a piece of my work will be in a new Printmakers Council exhibition, starting later this month. āColour, ROSL and theā¦
Metallics
Although I have a small (A4 wide) XCut XPress as a printing press at home, and I have managed to produce some interesting prints, the lack of accessā¦
Disintegration pieces
Being in coronavirus lockdown mode with only a small print press for creative company can, in some ways, be a good thing. It as meant that I have hadā¦
Influences: The Complete Collagraph
Alongside all of the interesting conversations on printmaking I had with tutors and fellow printmakers on my USA residency, perhaps the mostā¦
Crackle texture
Another technique for creating surface treatments on plates that I've been trying out recently is crackle texture. Until now, I've been usingā¦
Crisp packet prints
I'm always looking out for different materials and methods for making collagraph printing plates. Included in my regular sources of inspiration areā¦
Flexures: prints and folds
Following my previous post on this study subject (Flexures: three dimensions from two), I have produced some pieces to test the feasibility of thisā¦
Carborundum Paint
I am always looking for materials that create interesting textures on the printing plate. However, these textures do not always print well orā¦
Flexures: three dimensions from two
After my visit to Tate Modern last month and my resulting thoughts around how I might āescapeā the two-dimensionality of my art form, I have hit uponā¦