Homeprint: Book Arts Centre & Printmaking Supplies: September 2014

eziKut plates

The eziKut printing plates. A stack of new plate and a little completed carving.So easy to carve with sharp tools. Inks up very well, prints perfectly and cleans up with a damp cloth if you are using water based inks. Just dry off with a piece of newsprint and roll on a new colour.

eziKut printing

More successful images from the eziKut carvings.

eziKut printing

Popular design. Sold very well in quite a range of colours and combinations.

eziKut printing

The eziKut plates are so easy to carve with the Japanese carving tools that I import. Talented members of WAI have drawn onto the eziKut plate with a pencil, carved using the 'High grade' v tools, inked up and printed onto a variety of fabrics. The fabric pieces were then ironed and sewn into cushions. The cushions have been presented on display at the Palmerston Noorth City Library and sold for $40 as fundraising for the upcoming exhibition by the artists.

Transfer printing

I promised to carry out a test of transfer printing for St Mary's College.

The results were clear. I used my hp inkjet printer to produce some images onto photocopy paper.

I then tried two different techniques. One, I sprayed the image with the cleaner and put it through the yellowXpress 5000 onto art paper. Two, I soaked the art paper with a spray of the cleaner and applied pressure with the yellowXpress 5000 onto the image. To help the contact I used a rubber blanket between the paper and the bed of the press.

From the results you can see the Glass cleaner 'Mr Muscle', was probably the best followed by the 'Green Works', followed by 'Eco Citris'. The whiteboard cleaner was useless!

This process needs gives a mirror image and needs to have the student apply further techniques such as drawing, painting, or printmaking into the work to make it their own.