I carried on working on my Park Hill stone - gum arabic was placed on the stone and then I scratched further lines in (using a steel etching needle) to give more definition. Mistakes were corrected by applying more gum Arabic. Once this was completed a turpsy rag with Noir a Monter ink was rubbed into grooves - the stone was warmed with hair dryer and french chalk dusted lightly over the image. A thin layer of gum arabic was placed over the stone and when this was dabbed gently with a sponge it picked up the surplus ink leaving the image beneath. The gum arabic was then dried with a hair dryer and the stone left to rest overnight
The first large landscape stone that I did and the Small stone 1 were washed out with turps to remove the ink and then oil patch cleaner placed for 30 mins. This was then removed and washed off and graining started!
9/7/15
Some of the lines that I scratched into yesterday and covered with ink wernt very obvious so needed re scratching!
The drawing was washed out and a very thin layer of noir a monter ink was rolled on to see wha tlines had been achieved. The stone was covered with french chalk and gum arabic and dried.
Noir a monter ink on a turpsy rag was rubbed into the new lines made and a damp cloth rubbed over to remove excess ink. The stone was then rolled over again with noir a monter using the nap roller - this also picked up excess ink. The stone was warmed with hair dryer for 10 mins and french chalk and gum arabic placed.
(Before whenI rubbed ink into the lines the excess ink was removed with GA this time because the stone had already been inked we used water to repel.)
A second etch was then placed using an all over wash of 30% Atzol and then medim strength acid was brushed into the splattered areas in the top right hand corner of the print. The stone was left to rest until next week.
Stone with inked in scratched areas (railings of stairs in tall central block)
Blog 15/7/15 - PROOFING PARK HILL STONE
Multilpe proofs were taken off the Park Hill stone initially using a combination of inks ( 60% Noir a monter : 40% Crayon Black ink and a little poppy red etching ink to warm up the black hue) - 5 proofs were taken on newsprint - using a Nap roller as recommended by Serena - (I was a little disconcerted initially as Serena has always said we must NEVER use anything but pure NAM on the nap roller !!) (A thin layer of NAM though was rolled on roller first to protect the roller before rolling up the mix )
Things didnt go well initially ! -The ink was a bit thin, the scraper bar a bit short and the pressure too tight!- Serena suggested moving to the other press and use a larger scraper bar and modify ink ! More Crayon black was added (so it was more like a 50:50 mix) these modifications seemed to work - printed 15 prints - 2 on Fabriano 2 on Lambeth 4 on kitchen paper 7 on newsprint
Care needed not to dampen paper too much! - paper was too wet on several proofs and buckled under pressure.
Here's one of the prints produced!
as it was the end of the day -GA placed - The drawing washed outwashed outand a thin layer of NAM placed (after cleaning the roller to remove CB combo). French chalk was dusted on the stone and then a diluted 50% soutionl of atzol placed to etch darker areas of the image a bit more.
16/7/15
Using sharpened pumice stick - (a bit like a hard pastel crayon) selected areas of the stone were pumiced to remove blobs and mistakes! Strong etch placed - areas that wanted to lighten were also pumiced gently keeping the stone wet. The stone was re gummed and dried.
I am keen to add some colour to the prints so a stencil was made to monoprint colour on top next time
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