Friday, February 19, 2016

Crisp sunny morning at the Winter garden ... then an afternoon in the print kitchen

This morning the weather forecast predicted sunshine, and so we drove a few miles south to Hillier's Arboretum which has a now well established Winter Garden.  We were not disappointed.  Here are some of my snaps:
 
Flowers were the object of my print proofs: from one side of the double plate I finished carving yesterday. 
My background paper is also an experiment: 42gsm Kozo paper prepared for inkjet.
I want the colour to come from the background paper rather than from the print flowers, so I inked up the plate with grey.
Perhaps I will use a paler grey next time.  The figure outline has to be printed on top once the ink is dry, so I'll see what the effect is then.  I will also see how well the paper stands up.  So far so good.
 

3 comments:

  1. Interesting experiments here, Olga, especially the use of the 42 gsm Kozo paper. Did you prepare it for inkjet yourself?

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    1. The inkjet paper is ready prepared, Margaret. I bought it from Silverprint.co.uk

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    2. Thank you very much, Olga. I will investigate!

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