Yesterday, I printed the plates I was working on in my post ‘Back to the new I’. These plates were first printed around a year ago, but I wasn’t happy with some of the results. In the previous post, I described the remedial work on the plates, to strengthen the surfaces and add contrast in some places.

In each case, here are the plates, followed by the prints…

round printing plate. Untitled.

Round image: print hanging in studio at The Ropewalk, Barton upon Humber

Painting the carborundum/varnish mixture onto the plate surface

New print from plate previously printed as 'Maelstrom I': print hanging in studio at The Ropewalk, Barton upon Humber

 

The carborundum/varnish mixture painting process complete

New print from plate previously printed as 'The Cold': print hanging in studio at The Ropewalk, Barton upon Humber

Generally, I was quite pleased with the prints. However, I think I should have printed all three in black – like the middle one – to obtain more contrast. There’s always next time.

 

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