{"id":5325,"date":"2014-09-11T16:57:57","date_gmt":"2014-09-11T16:57:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/?p=1409"},"modified":"2026-04-16T08:12:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T08:12:59","slug":"print-stories-lincolnshire-coast-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sinclairashman.com\/?p=5325","title":{"rendered":"Print Stories: Lincolnshire Coast 7"},"content":{"rendered":"

In my last post, I described the creation of the last two plates in this series. A couple of days ago, instead of my using my usual venue, The Ropewalk, I went along to a different venue to print them. Whilst I love printing there, it’s not always possible or convenient \u2013 Barton upon Humber is an hour’s drive away from home. This time,\u00a0I had a meeting scheduled at the University of Lincoln, where I teach part-time, so I used the opportunity to use their large, well-equipped print room. They have two large etching presses and two large screen print beds for students and staff to use.<\/p>\n

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In ‘Lincolnshire Coast 6<\/a>‘, I described how I used ideas borrowed from fellow printmaker\u00a0Suzie MacKenzie<\/a>\u00a0for sealing the plate. The sealing process worked very well, protecting my heavily textured image (around 5-6mm high in some places) through the inking and printing process. I tend to press quite hard when inking these types of plate. This is to make sure that I get right to the bottom of the texture and so have the best chance possible of reproducing most of it in\u00a0the resulting print.<\/p>\n

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The dense black ink was mixed with plate oil, to thin the consistency slightly and make it easier to spread and wipe away from unwanted areas<\/address>\n
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I printed all four of the series prints in this session. Alongside the two new plates, I decided to print the previous two plates again, as I always thought\u00a0that I could improve on the print quality of these images. One of these plates is shown above.<\/p>\n

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Above: protecting the press and plate with wool blankets<\/address>\n
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Above:\u00a0previously printed plate, ready to print again<\/address>\n
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Above:\u00a0the new print<\/address>\n
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Above: first print of the third image in the series<\/address>\n
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Above: first print of the fourth image<\/address>\n

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Summary<\/h5>\n

I was also really delighted with the prints of both the third fourth images. In the print session, I took only one print\u00a0of the third image, as I thought it was exactly what I was looking for. The intention was not to create a series in which the images only had slight differences from each other – creatively, there would be no point in doing that. I wanted to series create a linked by a feeling of being by different parts of the\u00a0beautiful Lincolnshire coast. I now need to look at all of the images and think about how they might be displayed to best effect in future. It’s an exciting prospect!<\/p>\n

What’s next? I honestly don’t know \u2013 but it should be interesting!<\/p>\n

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Find all my posts\u00a0about Art Printworks stories on Twitter at:\u00a0#artprintstories<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n