Mina Prints

Materials: • Artwork on paper • A linoleum sheet. • Linocutting tool with an assortment of blades. • A piece of glass or acetate sheet • Oil based printing ink • A brayer • A3 paper poster • Scotch tape The design: For your first print, a drawing that does not have a ton of detail and without any shading will be easier to carve. Try to keep your thinnest positive points (where linoleum is not carved away) about a half centimeter thick. As this was a group project, we were told to make a pattern out of one element of nature, in this case, leaves.   Step 1: Trace your design on your linoleum sheet. Remember this is a print, and anything you put on your linocut will be backwards when printed. Transfer the sketch onto the linoleum with tracing paper o just copy it with a marker. Step 2: Hold gouge in the palm of your hand and hold the linoleum in place with your other hand. Remember to always carve away from you. Practice first on a sheet. Step...

In preparation for Xylography and Linocut, our profesor decided to train us with Styrofoam first. It was a simple process, but some considerations must be taken into account first. Styrofoam Printmaking Process Step 1: Gather necessary materials: Paper or cardboard, ink, brayer or paint roller, Styrofoam plate, tape, pen. Step 2:  Sketch a design (illustration or artwork) to print. If you write words, make sure they are mirrored. Step 3:  Cut the Styrofoam into the size you need (A5 paper size). Remember the margins for the tape. Tape the drawing in place and trace it onto the Styrofoam plate. Step 4: Create a register for the sheet you’re going to print. Use the tape to secure the Styrofoam plate to the working surface. Step 5:  Deposit and prepare ink in a tray. You can use 1 color, or 2 to create a gradient.   Step 6:  Use the brayer or paint roller to spread the ink until you have an even coat. Once the brayer is coate...

For this printmaking project, we were told to use foam to make a stamp of a letter. The letter was assigned randomly and it had to reflect the concept of the word that starts with said letter. In this case, when given the letter J , I decided to make it for Joker . FOAM PRINTMAKING PROCESS Step 1: Gather necessary materials: Paper, foam, pencil, ink, roller, silicon glue, precision cutter, tape. Sketch a design for your letter of the alphabet on an A4 paper or make a digital design on the computer.   Step 2: Transfer the design to the foam sheet by tracing it with a pencil, leaving an indented letter on the foam. Step 3:  Cut out the letter with a precision cutter. For a negative print, cut out the outside; for a positive print, cut out the inside.   Step 4:  Glue the letter to the MDF board, creating the collagraph plate. Remember that the letter will come out facing the opposite direction on their print, so glue the letter o...