26th August 2015

MORE CHINE COLLE ADDITIONS USING MARBLED AND AEROSOL SPRAY PAINTED PAPER

I carried on cutting out more marbled paper shapes and pulled more prints. I used a combination of 50% crayon black : 50% noir a monter with a dash of crimson red and the nap roller .
The stone was becoming quite dark in places so I selectively pumiced and etched the really dark areas with atzol solution and then applied French chalk and gum arabic

When I compared the prints that were printed with noir a monter ink alone with that of the combination of inks (crayon black and noir a monter) the noir a monter alone produced a softer lighter print - the combo was really good for dense velvety blacks - Discussed this with Serena -a possibility for the next stone might be to use an image that takes advantage of both soft and dense hues of each of the inks and use 2 stones to print on to gain the advantages of both.

When I got home I aerosol spray painted some blank sheets of paper in various colours (buff pink/ sand/ terracotta) with the idea of using these as chine colle instead of the marbled paper.
These were also printed as before.


27th August 2015/ 2nd September 2015 - MAKING GUM ARABIC TRANSFER PAPER
 
Serena also showed us how to make gum Arabic paper to use for transferring textures and drawings to stones .A sheet of cartridge paper was gently blotted with a damp sponge and placed on a board. Watercolour adhesive strip tape was cut to seal the paper to the board. Once the paper had dried a diluted solution of gum Arabic was brushed evenly on to the paper - care being taken not to incorporate brush marks or stray bristles from the brush. This was left to dry and another thin coat applied.

                    
                      Gummed cartridge paper stretched and covered with gum arabic solution to make transfer paper

We were interested in adding texture to the transfer paper so the paper was divided into four and different additives dissolved into the gum arabic to give texture.
A teaspoon of pumice powder was added to one batch of the gum Arabic solution, a teaspoon of carborundum grit was added to another and a teaspoon of whiting to another. These 3 solutions were each painted onto a quarter of the prepared paper. One quarter of the board was left with just plain gum arabic solution on it.

Blog 3/9
Carried on taking more prints with chine colle  but this time tried a different paper (heritage white) - nice paper -Used more crayon black in the combined ink mix which gave a really dense black print which I liked - also noticed a few extraneous blobs appearing on the prints - Serena reckoned these were due to bits of leather off the handles of the nap roller being incorporated on the stone and printing - need to watch that ...

Next time -? Mono print using paper prepared a few weeks ago or photolitho plate?