Prints

DIGITAL PRINTS: refers to images printed using digital printers such as inkjet printers instead of a traditional printing press. Images can be printed to a variety of substrates including paper, cloth, perspex, metal or polyester canvas.

POLYMER / SOLARPLATE etchings: A Solarplate is a light sensitized steel backed polymer material used by artists as an alternative to hazardous printing techniques. It is a simple, safer, and faster approach than traditional etching and relief printing.

COLLOGRAPHY: A form of printmaking in which a copper plate gets built up with different textures to create an image...the plate is then inked with etching ink, excess ink gets wiped off and then the plate is finally printed on moist etching paper on an etching press

HARD- & SOFTGROUND ETCHINGS: A ground is a coating applied to a plate to protect it from the action of the mordant used in etching. Following plate preparation a ground can be applied to protect the plate. A hard ground is typically drawn through with a needle. Traditionally the hard groundyields a pen-like line associated with etchings. Soft ground, is an acid resistant coating made of asphaltum, rosin, beeswax, and tallow. The addition of tallow keeps the ground from drying to a hard surface.

DRYPOINT ETCHING / ENGRAVINGS:  Drypoint etching or engraving is an intaglio technique used in preparing metal plates for printmaking by means of which lines are scratched directly into the plate. Thicker lines are made by applying more pressure to the burin (graver) or etching needle (also a roulette, chalk roll and matting wheel).

MONOPRINTS: a form of printmaking that has lines or images that can only be made once, unlike most printmaking, which allows for multiple originals.