Remarque Printmaking Demos

REMARQUE OPEN HOUSE

On Saturday, September 21st, 2019 there was an open house at Remarque Print Workshop in Albuquerque, showing off the various printmaking techniques that they do there.

RELIEF PRINTING

by Jessica Weybright

Jessica Weybright demonstrated relief printmaking with linocuts.

Linoleum and cutting knives

We also tried cutting on 3 mm PVC board, bought at Fast Signs in Albuquerque.  The El Paso printmakers recommended using Komatex, because it was easier to cut.  I think this material might be very similar.

Cutting on a signmakers PVC board

COLLAGRAPH PRINTING

By Jessica Krichels

Jessica Krichels demonstrated a nifty collagraph technique, where they first wrap a "plate" with aluminum foil, before inking it and making a print.  The aluminum foil covers leaves or other materials of low relief.

Note the aluminum foil

A collagraph print

made using aluminum foil

on top of a low relief material with the honeycomb pattern

 Jessica Krichels giving the demo

I believe you have to run the "plate" through the press first,

after putting the aluminum foil on it,

before inking the plate and making a print

We saw collagraph printmaking in Uruapan, Mexico, where they covered plants and other items of low relief, with aluminum foil. Then they inked the low relief plate, covered with aluminum foil, to make a collagraph print.

The aluminum foil collagraph print process

in Uruapan, Michoacan,

at MAPECO

INTAGLIO PRINTING

By Mary Sundstrom

Mary Sundstrom demonstrated  intaglio techniques.

An etching print

I cut up a Jumex juice carton -- made with Tetra Pak -- to experiment with drypoint techniques.

We drew on the inside of the Tetra Pak container

Participants drawing with an etching needle, 

and a ball point pen, 

to create a quick design on the soft Tetra Pak surface

Mary inking up the design

The print

The ball point pen marks were not strong enough

to be inked and printed --

however the ball point pen ink did transfer to the print

I made a "milk carton drypoint" in Urapan, Michoacan, on the Tetra Pak material.  I pressed hard with a ball point pen, to make grooves in the material.  

Milk carton drypoint in Mexico

Lincoln Draper also gave a demo of the photopolymer plate printing process, which is a bit more complicated.  Unfortunately I don't have any good pictures of that.  

However we are going to experiment with making photopolymer prints using a pinhole camera.