Yes, still slightly moderately somewhat vaguely kinda obsessed with monotype even though I may never do this because of the need for a press and sticky inks. Tonight I'm maybe moving a bit more from never to maybe I'll do. Because I could do this at MCBA!! And use their presses. But is that another rabbit hole for me to fall into???? Wouldn't it be funny if that was my thing? If me telling Vera to never sell me paper because I never want to make books (and now I make books) and now I say I'll never use a printing press.
Last night was a
Dirty Works at MCBA (first Fridays of the month) where people, even me, can learn in 2 hours how to screen or monotype, make a little book, marble paper, origami fold paper, or something else, in a friendly beautiful space with instructors/guides who are enthusiastic and knowledgeable. Tons of fun!
Of the seven prints I made, I like 50-100% of what is on each print. One or two I will keep as is. I'll wait and see what bubbles up in my brain for how to use the others. Will I use one as book cover on a small book? (yes) Will I further embellish? (probably)
Prints were all on Rives BFK paper. I used a small 8 x 4.25" acrylic plate for printing. I used dry paper instead of the wet paper. When I took the monotype class at Wet Paint we used wet paper. Wet paper was available at Dirty Works too but I didn't use it. From what I could tell by looking at other people's prints is that the ink sticks "better" on wet paper with close to 100% coverage of the paper. I liked the splotchyness and atmospheric texture the ink made on the dry paper. I didn't clean my plate between each print so that I could get a bit of background grunge. The image at the top was a happy surprise with the colors that resulted from the previous layers of paint. The bottom image might be my favorite overall with the top being my favorite for the surprise background colors. The middle was my attempt to ink something representational but then I decided it didn't represent and I turned it the bottom up and liked it better.
(Karri, one of the instructors, suggested using Akua ink at home on Gelli because it's water-soluble. And it can be done with some kind of rolling pin thing on acrylic at home too. Look at
this website later and fall into that rabbit hole. Same website has some other rabbit holes to fall down about gelli printing.)
Yes, still slightly moderately somewhat vaguely kinda obsessed with monotype even though I may never do this because of the need for a press and sticky inks. Tonight I'm maybe moving a bit more from never to maybe I'll do. Because I could do this at MCBA!! And use their presses. But is that another rabbit hole for me to fall into???? Wouldn't it be funny if that was my thing? If me telling Vera to never sell me paper because I never want to make books (and now I make books) and now I say I'll never use a printing press.
Ha ha! I've come close to signing up for some of the Dirty Works classes. I'm glad you did. Your prints are inspiring.
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