Many constraints and a lot of freedom...
Multi-block printing: precision and creativity In the series of answers to your frequent questions, after the rainbow roll, I propose...
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Follow here my artistic journey and discover with me all the treasures of printmaking. Find here informations, tips and tricks and pictures of the process of creating original linocut prints; recent news about exhibitions; articles about inspirational printmakers... Do not hesitate to tell me what you think and ask as many questions as you like!
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- Feb 1
- 1 min
A rainbow on your roller!
Or how to print multiple colours in one press run... That's it! You have created your first print during a workshop and caught the...
- Oct 3, 2022
- 2 min
Do you have to know how to draw to learn printmaking?
My answers to one of your most frequently asked questions… One of your most frequently expressed regrets when you discover printmaking is...
- Jul 3, 2022
- 2 min
What can we learn from the signature of an original print ?
TP, AE, HC… decrypting the mentions under an original print... As we know by now, prints are made by pressing an inked carved block on a...
- May 16, 2022
- 3 min
Playing with different kinds of printmaking inks
A little printing experiment to evoke the sparkle of the trees lit by the moon at night In a recent article we saw how a different colour...
- Apr 17, 2022
- 2 min
From day to night and from spring to autumn…
Multi-plates lino printing, an easy way to vary the atmosphere of a print by changing the colour if the ink while printing... When we...
- Oct 16, 2021
- 1 min
From sketch to print, the journey of 'retour de plage'
A four colours linocut reduction print While on holiday,I like nothing more than sketching en plein air… What better way to accurately...
- Aug 21, 2021
- 2 min
The exhibition “Limited Edition, Vollard, Petiet and Modern Master Prints” closes soon
You can also have an overview online on the site of the Petit Palais... This blogpost is quite short with very few pictures (it is not...
- Aug 17, 2021
- 2 min
Printmaking is a game: jigsaw printing
See how to print different colors one next to another with clean edges thanks to the jigsaw printing technique! I recently submitted this...
- Jul 11, 2021
- 2 min
Summertime! Printing with the sun: making cyanotypes
… and collecting inspiration for your next lino prints A cyanotype is a picture obtained by photographic printing process which was...
- Jun 4, 2021
- 3 min
A lovely “fête de l’estampe”, marked by our reunion on the occasion of my open house studio
Relive the highlights of this event in pictures and follow Anne de la Forge, art enameler and Mizanne, ceramicist with whom we had set up...
- May 20, 2021
- 2 min
Let’s celebrate fine art print and printmaking with us on the occasion of the “Fête de l’estampe”
Open house studio and online events on 24th, 26th, 29th and 30th May! La “fête de l'estampe” is a great print fest organised for the 9th...
- Apr 7, 2021
- 1 min
The process of relief printmaking: to see the world upside down?
The process to make an engraving implies inking a carved bock which will then be pressed to reveal the design. Discover it step by step...
- Apr 6, 2021
- 3 min
The art of engraving, a pleasure for the eye and for the touch
A print is made to be admired. Do you know that making a print is also a joy for the other senses ? Usually during the open studios as a...
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