Types of Relief Printing
Tools for Creating Block for Relief Printing
Choosing Wood for Relief Printing
Creating Design on Block for Relief Printing
Preparing Wood Block for Relief Printing
Transferring Design to Wood Block for Relief Printing
Carving Design Into Wood Block for Relief Printing
Carving Techniques for Wood Block Relief Printing
Choosing Paper Type for Relief Printing
Preparing Paper for Relief Printing
Preparing Ink for Relief Printing
Applying Ink to Wood Block for Relief Printing
Creating Relief Printing Proof Print
Adjusting Wood Block Design for Relief Printing
Using Multiple Blocks & Colors for Relief Printing
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Patrick Miko is an active printmaking artist and teacher. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Arts from Kent State University in 1996, a master's degree in graphics from the...read more
"So now we are ready to mix our ink. We are using a print maker as relief ink. Which can be purchase from any of the art retailer's on-line or at your local art supply store. I'm sure you can find some type of oil-based ink! What we need to do, there's a skin on the can of ink. If it's a tube, you just squeeze it right out of the tube. In the can, in the application of the can you just want to remove a little bit of ink off the top surface. Never gouging into the ink itself. We only need a little. With our ink spat, or our one inch knife or two inch knife. We just remove a little bit. And then we push this ink skin back down creating an air lock on here, because the ink. The oil and the ink actually oxidizes and that's what causes it to dry out. If we keep the skin on here our ink will last so much longer. Then place the lid on. Here we have a number three plate oil, which we will use to modify the ink a little bit to make it a little runnier. A little less viscous, so that it wants to lay down on the top surface of our black. Any refined linseed oil will work. Print makers use a refined linseed oil that's of a higher grade than a painter might use. Although the stuff that painter's use you can use as well. We only need a little bit. I'd say for every silver dollar size portion of ink, you want to use a dime size portion of oil. Take these two and combine them together. What we can do is roll all that ink, onto a bead on the knife. Rotate that knife and flip it and then spread it. And repeat that process several times. Much like shuffling a deck of cards. You just want to make sure that it is thoroughly mixed."
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