by Bev Dunstan
Curtis provided the Group with an amazing Monoprinting workshop on Saturday 10th March 2024. After demonstrating the basic techniques, everyone had the opportunity to try for themselves, pulling the monoprint and then the ghost print from the inked plate.
He generously provided the plates, inks and paper and there were soon plenty of examples spread across the floor as people perfected the art of inking up the plate and scribing the image onto the paper before removing the paper and seeing the resulting print.
An alternate method, known as Additive Process, was introduced. This required the artist to paint the image on the plate. The paper was then applied and pulled to provide the mirror image of the print.
The final technique of Subtractive Monoprinting was demonstrated by Curtis. In this method the ink was applied over the plate and then the image was developed in negative by removing the ink from the plate using various tools. Placing and pulling the paper then produced the Monoprint as a negative image.
The 6 hours flew by as everyone gained confidence in applying ink and using different textured tools, including lego tyres, potato mashers, embossed wallpaper and dried leaves to produce some wonderful pieces of work.
