I have some collagraph prints lying around on my desk this morning - I've been wanting to try this technique for ages and used my XCut machine to print with after finding a Facebook group all about it. It's a great way of making prints without investing in a proper press and I am quite pleased with the results. I kept the plates very simple - I didn't want to invest a lot of time and effort in them if it was going to be a disaster! I also kept to my current theme of the winter garden.
These first prints turned out quite well and I was able to take several copies from each plate. I found the only print I had real problems with was the minimalist one (bottom of first photo) - it smudged from the very first print and all subsequent ones - just proving that I'm not cut out for clean and simple!!
I decided to try a little more detail and scratched this leaf into the surface of some board. I only had 3 successful prints with this and then the board deteriorated beyond use, but it's all a learning curve!
These are the used plates, some still strong enough for another print run but a couple have had it.
I'm linking up with Julia over at WOYWW
