2010

Three easy steps to screen printing your own holiday cards with the thermofax machine.

1. First do a drawing, a doodle or find a high contrast black and white image.  I like to do loose line drawings with a ultra-fine point sharpie.  Often I am inspired by the drawings of my 7 year old nephews.  They are so honest, pure, and uncensored.  Line drawings are great images to transform into thermo fax screens for easy printing. Then make a carbon based photocopy of your drawing.  Carbon based is made with a copy machine with toner rather than ink, usually a laser printer will work too.
2. Burn the screen in a thermofax machine.  There are many artists online who will do this for you if you do not have a thermofax machine.  Just google thermofax services you will find a number of artists.
3. Set up your workspace and registration system and pull the ink through the screen on to your card stock.  I hand colored the letters after the ink dried.

I got my thermo fax machine in September and look forward to playing with it.  If you think you would like to be part of an online class to explore the thermofax print, then get on this special list below and I will let you know as the course develops.

Zea Mays is in western Massachusetts and offers workshops, studio time and artist residencies.  They offer a Tuesday Morning Monotype class where they explore relief plates, Auka inks and viscosity printing. I would like to check out this printmaking studio sometime.  A residency to create a body of work sounds wonderful.

I have been working without a press for so long, and I love how immediate it is.  I wonder if I would enjoy using a press for certain types of prints.  I know I would love  an extended period of time away from distractions to just play with a new series of monotype prints.

Happy Printing,

Linda

I am busy planning and working on the details of my E-course, Make Monotypes with the gelatin plate.  I am so excited  – because with this format, I will be able to cover so much more information than in a one or even a two day course.  I imagine that the students will have time to experiment and learn and master certain skills that just come with time.

But believe it or not I need to go to the beach!  Yes it is October in New England and I do have several layer of clothes on but I have the chance to visit with some family, who I have been missing.  So I am off for some salt air.

What is the one thing you would like to learn from me about making monotypes with the gelatin plate?

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