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Category Archives: Monoprinting

The Monoprint

18 Sunday Mar 2012

Posted by Elizabeth Gaye MacDonald in Art, Botanical print, Monoprinting, Nature print

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Sync 1 of 6 DSC_1054Watercolour Botanical Mono Print - Spirea

Sync, 1 of 6 Monoprints in a series.   Spirea, Watercolour Botanical Mono Print

by Elizabeth Gaye MacDonald, for Windsor Printmaker’s Forum Spring 2012 Newsletter

So, what exactly is a monoprint? Variations of this method of printmaking can be used in a number of different processes. The broad definition of a monoprint is a print that can’t be reproduced. To make a monoprint, a printmaker applies various medium such as oil paint, etching ink, or watercolour to a flat surface. This media can be manipulated in many ways to produce the final image. The chosen surface can be hand rubbed, or put through a press to transfer the image to paper, canvas or even cloth. Monoprinting is often referred to as a painterly method of printmaking, and is an excellent introduction to printmaking for both adult and youths.

Monprinting may also be used in conjunction with an etched plate. The printmaker may first ink and wipe their plate in the traditional way. Then before running that plate though the press they can add monoprint elements to the flat raised surface areas of the plate. This results in an etching with monoprint elements. This image can not be reproduced exactly the same in successive runs of the etched plate.

There are other methods of printmaking that use monoprint techniques. but these are classed in a genre all their own, and include:

  • Nature or botanical prints – The process of inking a plant or a leaf and transferring the resulting image to paper or other surface, via a press or by hand rubbing. This process along with pressing and drying plants was used to create a record of botanical species, for future identification. Also, included under Nature prints is a print or rubbing made from feathers, or other animal parts.

  • Gyotaku – From the Japanese, gyo “fish” + taku “rubbing” While this method of printmaking is actually derived from nature it is considered a genre all its own. This traditional form of printmaking was established by Japanese fishermen to record their catch. They would apply sumi ink to the fish, and then rice paper would be placed over the fish. They would then hand rub the paper to transfer the image. This method of printmaking has become quite popular. Rubber fish poured from molds are available and are used in classrooms to teach Gyotaku to young children. This genre has also evolved into a fine art all its own. If you do an online image search with the word Gyotaku you will find incredible colourful images created from many different marine species.

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Elephant Ear Leaf Nature Print

09 Wednesday Nov 2011

Posted by Elizabeth Gaye MacDonald in Art, Monoprinting, Printmaking, Watercolour

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Pulling the print 2nd run 1st in series, originally uploaded by photographerpainterprintmaker.

Last spring I visited a friends home. If I lived at their home I would never need to go on vacation. Their yard is a tropical paradise in the north. One plant in particular caught my eye. The common name for this large leafed plant is Elephant Ear for obvious reasons. She had just thrown out one of the beautiful leaves, and I begged her to save me the next one she had to prune. So this last Friday she called me. I was ecstatic! By Sunday I was in the studio preparing and inking up this lovely leaf for printing. It almost was too big for my Arches oversize BFK paper. Not to mention it hardly fit the press bed. I used the shop camera to document printing this beautiful plant. I can hardly believe that I was able to put the leaf through the press 12 times!

Please go here to see the slide show on Flickr. If you open the original photo’s you will see an explanation of what I am doing.

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International Artist!

20 Monday Jun 2011

Posted by Elizabeth Gaye MacDonald in Art, Intaglio, Lino cut, Monoprinting, Printmaking

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Art, Intaglio, Lino cut, Mono Print, Printmaking



nocternal, originally uploaded by photographerpainterprintmaker.



mono print w chine cole, originally uploaded by photographerpainterprintmaker.



intaglio Isaha 53 – 5, originally uploaded by photographerpainterprintmaker.



mono print, originally uploaded by photographerpainterprintmaker.

Four of my prints went to a collector in Santiago, Chili. They sent me photo’s of them. I’m quite pleased with how they turned out.

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Work at Milk Coffee Bar

16 Monday May 2011

Posted by Elizabeth Gaye MacDonald in Art, Intaglio, Monoprinting, Printmaking

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Art, Intaglio, Monoprint, Printmaking



Work at Milk Cafe, originally uploaded by photographerpainterprintmaker.

Some of my prints for sale at Milk Cafe in downtown Windsor, Ontario.

Top Left to Right

Sync, Variations on a Theme
Monoprint $395

Implosion
Intaglio with Mono Print $395

Bottom Left to Right

Isaiah 53:5 Intaglio 1 of 10 $395
(This print is almost sold out)

“Devine Spark” Intaglio with Rainbow roll
Artist Proof. (The edition for this plate has not been run yet.) $245

On the Blue Moon
Intaglio Viscosity print $199

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Abstract Mono Printing

08 Sunday May 2011

Posted by Elizabeth Gaye MacDonald in Art, Monoprinting, Printmaking

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Sinc Variations of a Theme 4 of 6 DSC_1050, originally uploaded by photographerpainterprintmaker.



Sync 1 of 6 DSC_1054, originally uploaded by photographerpainterprintmaker.



Sinc Variations of a Theme 3of 6 DSC_1056, originally uploaded by photographerpainterprintmaker.

Working in the abstract is very freeing, and for me my favorite way to accomplish this is through Mono Printing. In my “Sync” series of mono prints I transferred ink to the plate used large and small inking brayers. I moved the ink around with the use of shaped mat board. Some textures were created with solvents, and others by pressing different materials into the ink. When your plate is run through the press the ink is transferred to the plate. You can run it through the press a second time, but the resulting image will be greatly faded.

Monoprint (paper 30 x 22 image 23 1/2 x 18)

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