These are two of my collograph prints. These were rolled with etching ink and then ran through a press. the texture was achieved by gluing 3-dimensional circles and thread onto torn cardboard. i then gessoed the piece and covered it in polyurethane so that it could resist ink so that i could clean it off and reuse it in order to create multiple prints with multiple colors without damaging the plate.
Collograph: in simple terms it is the process of creating a textured medium to rub or print on a press in order to accomplish a mirrored reproduction of the textured piece.
We have all made collographs at some point in our lives. For example, a leaf rubbing. you know, the ones where you place a leaf, stick, penny, or other random object under your paper, then rub a crayon (or something) on top in order to get a reproduction of that object on paper. or what about those people (or maybe its you) that rub names off of head stones, sidewalks, or memorial walls? this too is a simplistic version of a collagraph print.
When done right, collographs can be beautiful…there are endless opportunities as there are countless textured items surrounding us daily that would make incredible prints.
