I made some more monoprints this week at East London Printmakers.
These were made using the technique demonstrated by Fiona Fouhy, which I learned on a course in September. See this post.
Here are city views.
“The East end” 
“Looking out of the office window, Post-It notes” 
“Looking out of the office window, sloping roof.”
These are made by a “reduction process”. Each is a unique print (for sale!).
Here are some snapshots from the process.
Etching ink and extender. 
Roll out the ink. 
Roll the ink on the plate and print. It makes a black rectangle, and leaves mid-tone on the plate. 
Roll tower blocks onto the plate. 
The ink is dark against the mid-tone on the plate. 
Scrape off ink to make the windows. 
This is a picture of the plate. Now print it again. 
Here is the plate . Now I can roll on some more ink. 
I rolled on the sloping roof. 
Here is the final print. 
Here’s the plate after the final print.
Here are some “outtakes”: prints produced during the process. All are on cotton rag paper except one which is on newsprint.
Reflected light 
Towers at night 
East end in fog 
Fences and glow 
Towers that float.
(newsprint)
From the window, rain
Jane Sketching 
I love these prints, thank you for sharing something of the process as well, I shall be trying myself.
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Hello Debbie – thank you! I’m so glad you found the post interesting. I love this process. It is somehow liberating that you don’t really have a lot of control of the image, and but that you can gradually change and shift it. Also, compared to etching, it’s really quick!
I hope you enjoy the process. Thanks for your comment.
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ELP is such a special place.
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Yes it is. It’s such a great collaborative atmosphere – even though everyone is working individually!
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