Here are my printing blocks. I chose I large letter that I did as a positive and a negative and then I chose some of the letters I had made with my glue prints. I also included a stamp I bought in China which is supposed to spell my name but I don't know which way up you print it. I used the red paste that the Chinese use to print when I used it. This is how they printed out.
This is the green page that I liked in the previous chapter. I have highlighted it with inktense rubbed over it then covered it with mod podge to make it a shiny surface then used alcohol inks to deepen the colour. This is waiting to be made into a book cover.
The next one is the white card strips that I wove. I have used the chinese stamp, a cork and painted gold letters then threaded paper string through.
The next is the other woven paper. Here I deepened the background then printed over it. When it was dry, I had a bit of paint left in a tray so I rollered it over the paper.
The next one is one of the stitched pages I did. I sprayed it with acrylic paint diluted in water but it was a bit thin and ran down the page which I thought looked great. I wasn't sure if doing any more to it would be an improvement so I photographed it then painted it with a roller and three colours of acrylic paint.
This next one was one of the pieces I had used sponged paint on. I have just printed over it with gold positive and negative prints. There are some good areas in this one that Ilike.
These next two were stitched pieces. The thread has picked up the paints and the rubbings I have put over them.
The one on the left originally had sponged paint on it. I have scrunched the paper, painted it with gold and bronze and rubbed over it with a red inktense stick. The one on the right was originally the 'headlines' page which I have just painted over with purple and gold.
Here I have cut off the drawing and stitched it to the other side of the page. I have made the paint more bold with gold and black. The one on the right was just overpainted with gold and stamped with bronze lettering - I couldn't bear to print over the hedgehog.
The one on the left was painted a yellow background so I used an indian type of stamp that I had and printed on it in bronze. I then printed acrylic brown letters over the top. This could make a really good piece especially where I have used tissue paper on the background. The piece on the right was again large lettering which I have over painted in gold and then sponge painted in blue.
This was painted with a background of pink. I printed positive and negative letters and did reverse images. I then overprinted them with the positive stamp dipped in the paint I had used for the roller. In between the prints I have used a small letter and white paint.
The one on the left had some shiny papers on it that didn't take paint well so I have used several metaclic acrylics on it and then printed a few silver letters on it. The one on the right was painted bright green so I printed it with dark green and red letters. I then overpainted with a deeper green and added a few more letters in gold.
This page in my sketchbook I have printed with bronze letters which I have outlined in black and then one large letter in black.
This page was painted turquoise and I have printed the letter 't' on it in various colours. I think it looks like a shoal of fish in the sea.
Here I have given two pages in my sketchbook a wash of purple paint. I have printed letters in gold and purple then closed the book to print on the opposite page. I then added some more printing to the right had page in a pale apricot colour and again closed the book. You have to work really fast to get the second print before the first is drying. I like this better in the photograph that on the page.
