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These fabrics were all printed by myself in India. I attended a week long course facilitated by Skills Tourism to utilise local artisans in Mysore and showcase their skills. It was a busman's holiday for me as a printmaker but one of the best things I have ever done in India. If you ever get the opportunity, you must try it.
MEDIA: LINO BLOCK, CARVING TOOLS, CARBON PAPER, PRINTMAKING INK, PAPER, TRACING PAPER.Printmaking starts with designing what you want to carve onto the linoleum block. Then, you have to take tracing paper and play around with the design that could create the effects right on the block. We had to be careful not to mix up what we carve and don’t carve out. Then, using the different carving tools, we have to carefully cut out the shapes that we designed. After carving all the designs out, we clear the block from all the carving left on it and get ready to print. First wash the block so that oil from our fingers don’t mess up the paint. Then, we take a roller and we put some pain on the glass and start rolling. Then, you have to play with the paint and make sure that it sound like Velcro. Then, roll the paint over the block. Finally, take a piece of paper and put it over, rub the paper with a flat spoon then lift the paper slowly. The hardest part was trying to make the images all identical and not have any parts of the paper to be without ink. But overall, I enjoyed the process and had fun.
Leaf Monoprint
Print made by inking each leaf individually, often with several colour mixes. Using tweezers, each leaf is then placed individually onto a plate and printed using a press made from a converted mangle.
400mm x 400mm framed
Fabriano Artistico paper
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Htein Lin guides us through the process of finger painted printing he developed as a political prisoner in Yangon's notorious Insein prison.
Using bits of glass, plastic and soap, Htein Lin's creativity was able to flourish even under the direst of circumstances; in fact he felt a responsibility to continue his art in prison as a peaceful statement to the junta that freedom of expression cannot ever really be repressed.