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Stamping a Monoprint

3/3/2013

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Stamping a monoprint is easy. I added textile paint to the glass printing plate shown here and brayered it smoothly. I then drew some lines in the paint with the end of a paintbrush - just some easy squiggles.
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I carefully lifted up the printing plate and placed it face down on the fabric. I attached a little handle that has a suction cup on it for ease in lifting it later, and pressed the plate onto the fabric.
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You can see the first monoprint here, especially my mistake! I left blobs of paint on the edge of the plate which has caused that dark splodge in the foreground. Well, that splodge can either be cut away, overprinted or painted with another colour to make it seem as if it was always meant to be there. You can't fail when doing surface design, keep that in mind! I picked up the printing plate by the handle and pressed it down again next to the first one, pressing very firmly to get all the textile paint onto the fabric. This second monoprint is called a ghost print because it is always much lighter than the first.
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This photo shows lifting up the stamp after making a different monoprint. As you can see in the background, this was a day of experimentation and we were rapidly running out of room! That little wooden stamp you can see in the background made those gorgeous little snails to the right of the monoprint. I got the stamp from Colouricious who have an amazing selection: www.colouricious.com/
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Here's a shot of the finished piece. I had stamped it over some pink "ghost print" snails which you can just make out in the middle.
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The final stamps of the day were made using a linocut that my son had done in school. I coated the surface with textile paint, being careful not to get too much in the grooves.
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On the right you can see the first stamp which isn't great as there was too much paint on the surface of the lino. On the left is a partial ghost stamp which was done in reverse.
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This monoprint would have been great if I hadn't just stamped it anywhere on top of some other splodges and snails. Oh well. I'm sure I'll find some use for it! Nothing goes to waste here.
4 Comments
Martine
3/3/2013 09:14:59 am

Beautiful and you make it sound so easy but sure it would not be if I tried it!

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Louise
3/3/2013 10:47:59 am

Loving your blog - many thanks for sharing all this great information - I can't wait to try it myself

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Judy link
3/3/2013 11:29:30 pm

The possibilities are intriguing. I see some "fussy cutting" to isolate some unique textured tree trunks and flowers. A spring board for ideas. Thank you for sharing.

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Dorothy
3/6/2013 01:31:27 am

Looks like such fun. You got such interesting and lovely effects, I'd love to see textiles in those designs. It's amazing what can be done with a few simple tools!

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