"Collagraphy (sometimes spelled collography) is a printmaking process introduced in 1955 by Glen Alps."
A printing technique that uses a plate that is collaged with materials like textured paper, fabric, or sandpaper, then inked and transferred onto paper by applying pressure.
Introduction to Printmaking Techniques: An overview of the different types of printmaking techniques, including collagraph, lithography, etching, and silk screening.
Creation and Preparation of Collagraph Plates: Step-by-step instructions on how to create different types of collagraph plates, including cardboard, matboard, and gesso plates.
Ink and Ink Application: Different types of ink and the techniques used to apply ink to the printmaking plates – including ink wiping and brayer techniques – to create different effects.
Paper Types and Paper Preparation: Discussion of paper types, weight, texture, and color, as well as the techniques used to prepare the paper for printing, such as wetting and sizing.
Press Work: The use of a printmaking press and how to set it up for printing, including elements like adjustments, pressure, and registration.
Plate Image Design: An overview of the different aesthetic approaches to design, such as texture, shape, and color; and the techniques used to create and transfer an image to the plate.
Multiple Plate Layering Techniques: How to create multiple plates by combining collagraph plates with other printmaking techniques (such as etching, engraving, and relief printing) to produce layered prints.
Collagraph Monoprints and Tusche-wash: An exploration of the use of collagraph monoprinting, including the chemical transfer process of the Tusche-wash.
Editioning: An introduction to the various aspects of collagraph printmaking and the creation of limited-edition prints, including documenting, numbering, and signing the editions.
Post-Printing Care of Prints: An overview of how to store and care for prints after they are created to ensure that they maintain their quality and value over time.
Traditional Collagraph: Traditional Collagraph refers to a printmaking technique that involves the creation of a plate using textural materials and mediums to achieve a textured surface, colloquially known as a "collage in relief," which is then inked and transferred onto paper using a printing press.
Textured Collagraph: Textured collagraph involves creating a printmaking plate that incorporates various materials and techniques to produce a textured surface for printing.
Carved Collagraph: Carved Collagraph is a printmaking technique that involves carving a plate and using it to create texture and relief in prints.
Collage Collagraph: Collage Collagraph is a printmaking technique that combines elements of collage and collagraphy to create unique and textured prints.
Inked Collagraph: Inked collagraph refers to the process of creating prints using a collaged plate coated with ink, resulting in textured and multi-layered artworks.
Photo Collagraph: Photo collagraph is a mixed media technique in visual arts that combines photography and collagraph, utilizing photographic images as the basis for creating textured and layered prints.
Painted Collagraph: Painted Collagraph involves using a collagraph plate that is painted with various materials and then printed onto paper or other surfaces.
Mixed Media Collagraph: Mixed Media Collagraph is a printmaking technique that combines various materials and textures on a plate to create unique and textured prints.
Sculptural Collagraph: Sculptural Collagraph is a technique in Visual Arts where textured materials are used to create three-dimensional prints, allowing the artwork to extend beyond the traditional two-dimensional surface.
Digital Collagraph: Digital Collagraph is a technique in Visual Arts where traditional printmaking methods are combined with digital technology to create collagraph prints.
"The word is derived from the Greek word koll or kolla, meaning glue, and graph, meaning the activity of drawing."
"Substances such as carborundum, acrylic texture mediums, sandpapers, textiles, bubble wrap, string or other fibres, cut card, leaves and grass can all be used in creating the collagraph plate."
"Different tonal effects and vibrant colours can be achieved with the technique due to the depth of relief and differential inking that results from the collagraph plate's highly textured surface."
"Yes, ink may be applied to the upper surfaces of the plate with a brayer for a relief print, or ink may be applied to the entire board and then removed from the upper surfaces but remain in the spaces between objects, resulting in an intaglio print."
"The board is used to print onto paper or another material using either a printing press or various hand tools."
"A printing press may or may not be used."
"Donald Stoltenberg, well known for his use of the technique in the New England art community, authored an educational text in 1975, titled Collagraph Printmaking."
"The resulting print is termed a collagraph."
"In some instances, leaves can be used as a source of pigment by rubbing them onto the surface of the plate."
"Materials are applied to a rigid substrate (such as paperboard or wood)."
"The word is derived from the Greek word koll or kolla, meaning glue, and graph, meaning the activity of drawing."
"The plate can be intaglio-inked, inked with a roller or paintbrush or some combination thereof."
"Ink may be applied to the upper surfaces of the plate with a brayer for a relief print."
"Substances such as carborundum, acrylic texture mediums, sandpapers, textiles, bubble wrap, string or other fibres, cut card, leaves and grass can all be used in creating the collagraph plate."
"Different tonal effects and vibrant colours can be achieved with the technique."
"The plate can be intaglio-inked."
"...ink may be applied to the entire board and then removed from the upper surfaces but remain in the spaces between objects, resulting in an intaglio print."
"Collagraphy is a very open printmaking method."
"A combination of both intaglio and relief methods may also be employed."