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Relief Printmaking Ink Laying

Laying the ink in relief printmaking ensures an even coat on the wood block. See ink laying demonstrated with expertise from a printmaker in this instructional printmaking video.

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Now that I have carved some of my block of wood, I might want to see how it's going to look in the final image. Therefore, I can pull a proof which is, essentially, a printed image that gives me an idea of where I'm going with my block of wood. In order to do that, I'm going to first need to put some ink on my pallet and use my brayer to make a sheet of ink. I am using etching ink for my woodblocks. There are relief printmaking inks but there is a limited number of pigments available. You can use etching ink, you can use lithography ink. The only difference is in the viscosity of the ink which you can alter for your uses, for what you need. Here, this ink from the tube is just going to be perfectly fine to get what we need for this proof. So, I have put a dollop of the ink onto my pallet and in order to make the sheet of ink that I need, I'm just going to kiss a little bit of that ink with this brayer so that I can make a nice even sheet of ink for my block of wood.

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Relief Printmaking Ink Laying

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