samples- Lino and etching

Once I had created my final design, I began using different printing techniques to create my samples.

 

The first printing technique I decided to use was etching. I resized my final design down to A4, as there wasn't any acetate available that was big enough to fit the original design. I then had to use an etching tool to carve the design into the acetate, using blue oil paint for the lion and a red oil paint for the rose.

 

When I began printing, it took quite a few tries before it actually worked correctly, as I couldn't get the pressure right on the printing press, therefore I had to keep changing it so that the ink would be seen more clearly.

 

After I had created my etching prints, I then went onto creating my lino prints. I first had to draw over my design on tracing paper, and transfer it onto the Lino. I had to carve out where ever I wanted the print to stay white and then use a craft knife to neatly cut away the background. I also decided to cut the rose so that it would print the different colours neater.

 

 

Some of these prints worked really well and came out very neat, however some didn't work as well as others because I didn't apply the ink thick enough so it printed a little patchy, therefore I did more prints to see  if I could get them to work any better.