Individually crafted by the artist a collagraph's brilliant colouring
and deep textured paper combine to give each individually numbered
print a unique impact and appeal.
The Art of Collagraphy
A collagraph is a print taken from an image which has been built
up in the same way as a collage. In some cases this might be layers
of card and paper which have been skillfully bonded and varnished.
 After
painstaking experiment Mark Spain has developed a technique using
hard resin which is then fixed to the surface of a plate. When inked
and printed onto damp paper it creates a variety of textures and
heavy embossing.
The inking and printing process is the same as the standard
intaglio method, which includes etching. Here the ink is rubbed
onto a plate and excess removed with scrim so that the ink from
its grooves transfers to the paper to create the image.
Once the paper has dried further colours are added with relief block
printing and by hand. Finally, gold foil is carefully applied to
enhance the visual effect of the print.
Mark
Spain signed limited edition Collagraphs are available.
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