{"id":1600,"date":"2015-03-25T07:18:18","date_gmt":"2015-03-25T07:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/?p=1600"},"modified":"2026-04-16T08:11:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T08:11:32","slug":"print-stories-darker-forms-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/?p=1600","title":{"rendered":"Print Stories: Darker Forms 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Really excited to be heading back to <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1d5yHcs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Ropewalk<\/a> today! It&#8217;ll be good to meet up with Tim Needham and the others in the Print Room group again, as I haven&#8217;t printed there since November.<\/p>\n<p>From the last plate making session, I seem to have loads of plates to print. This gives me a problem \u2013 which ones to try today, and which to leave out? As usual, I&#8217;ll make it up as I go along and make a choice when I get there. I have a mix of plates: some made with carborundum and poured varnishes, whilst others use crackle paste (below, top row\/centre). The three plates on that top row could form a mini-series, as they all use hole-punched circles in the board surface. It&#8217;ll be interesting to see what happens to the ink in those recessed areas.<\/p>\n<p>These are the plates that I&#8217;ll be taking&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_0001_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1601 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_0001_2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"'Darker Forms' series of printing plates\" width=\"940\" height=\"705\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_0002_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1602 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_0002_2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"'Darker Forms' series of printing plates\" width=\"940\" height=\"705\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_0003_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1603 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_0003_2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"'Darker Forms' series of printing plates\" width=\"940\" height=\"705\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_0004_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1604 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_0004_2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"'Darker Forms' series of printing plates\" width=\"940\" height=\"705\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_0006_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1606 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_0006_2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"'Darker Forms' series of printing plates\" width=\"940\" height=\"705\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_0007_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1607 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_0007_2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"'Darker Forms' series of printing plates\" width=\"940\" height=\"705\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_0008_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1608 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_0008_2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"'Darker Forms 2' series of printing plates\" width=\"940\" height=\"705\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_0009_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1609 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_0009_2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"'Darker Forms' series of printing plates\" width=\"940\" height=\"705\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_0010_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1610 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_0010_2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"'Darker Forms' series of printing plates\" width=\"940\" height=\"705\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_0011_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1611 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_0011_2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"'Darker Forms' series of printing plates\" width=\"940\" height=\"705\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_0013_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1613 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_0013_2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"'Darker Forms 2' series of printing plates\" width=\"940\" height=\"705\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_0014_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1614 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_0014_2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"'Darker Forms' series of printing plates\" width=\"940\" height=\"705\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_0015_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1615 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_0015_2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"'Darker Forms' series of printing plates\" width=\"940\" height=\"705\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As you can see (above and below), some of the plates needed some repair. This was because\u00a0the poured varnish trickled into unwanted areas of the plate board as it bowed and distorted slightly. Perhaps I should think about using thicker, more stable baseboards in the future. All part of the fun though!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_0016_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1616 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_0016_2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"'Darker Forms' series of printing plates\" width=\"940\" height=\"705\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_0020_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1620 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_0020_2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"'Darker Forms' series of printing plates\" width=\"940\" height=\"705\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll post again in a couple of days to\u00a0show some of the prints.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Find all my posts\u00a0about Art Printworks stories on Twitter at:\u00a0<strong><a style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/artprintstories?src=hash\">#artprintstories<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><script><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Really excited to be heading back to The Ropewalk today! It&#8217;ll be good to meet up with Tim Needham and the others in the Print [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":80608,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[357],"tags":[390,354,391],"class_list":["post-1600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-prints","tag-darker-forms","tag-plate","tag-plate-making"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1600"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1600\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82544,"href":"https:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1600\/revisions\/82544"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/80608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}