Fiona and I did a two half day course with Judy Barrass on using 3D printers at the Noosa Library to create relief printing plates such as the completed one above - which still needs a bit of tidying up.
A couple of photos of the printing of the boat and hut follow.
The course was an introduction so the plates and printing are a bit on the rough side. Before we could ink the plates they needed to be sanded with fine sandpaper to take the rough printing edges off.
We did a couple of quick prints on damp quality printing paper using a small portable printer. The results were quite good.
Now to refine the the drawing, 3D printing and ink printing processes.
Wow! what a good first go!
ReplyDeletethese are wonderful, especially as carving lino blocks is not my strong suit ... it did raise a question in my mind about whether there is a way to "edit" a completed piece by somehow adding to the dimensional elements
ReplyDeleteOh the possibilities-how fun!
ReplyDeleteWow Barry, this is fascinating. I love your plates and first prints. Great possibilities here. Carol
ReplyDeleteMC, LA, J and C - thanks folks for joining in the new adventure. MC - just hoping I can follow the notes and instructions to do more. LA - I agree regarding carving lino - though the new lino ids more manageable. The good thing about creating the plates is that you can go back into the design and make changes and print another copy - the material is not expensive - mainly time consuming. J & C- possibilities abound. All - be well. B
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