In week three of the printing workshops, we studied some Collagraph Relief prints, a Collagraph being an image, which is made up of layers of paper or card, almost like Decoupage. The layers are stacked up, to make a 3D effect, which are then printed onto paper. However, before we could start any of the printing we had to make our own Collagraph piece. Shown above are my initial designs. We could only draw in Linear as we would be cutting gout in shapes, so there was no need for shading. I chose on doing my sister, as it fitted more into my project than the rest, Portraits being the last thing that we studied.
On my original drawing, I marked out each shape, and numbered them in order of placing (1 being the bottom layer, 4 being the top etc.)I then traced my design onto tracing paper, so It would be more precise, and then with a large sheet of card, I drew out each layer (the first layer being the whole outline of the face and body), and cut them out, gradually sticking them onto the card, building up the layers. I used PVA glue rather than a prittstick as it is less viscose making it easier to spread, and also sticks card down better. Shown below is my design, traced image and final product.
As you can see the layers are numbered and then placed in order. We traced each section out one at a time to make sure they were done correctly, and to ensure I had every piece. Each of the sections had to be quite thick so we could cut them out; small details are too fiddly and are quite tricky to cut out, for example lettering and shading, hence why we stuck to linear drawing.
Anyway, after I had stuck everything down (remembering to check each corner to make sure everywhere is stuck firmly, or else they will quickly degrade) It was then coated with a layer of white emulsion to protect everything, and to make the edges smoother, less likely to peel off.
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