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Heat-Activated Foam Block Printing | Creating Prints from Found Objects
A piece of foam, that you can heat up, press onto stuff to make a printing block, make prints from and then... erase the design! Hmmm, let's try it!

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Trying Out Drypoint on Enviromount: A Playful Printmaking Experiment
I recently got curious about a new material I spotted: a paper drypoint plate called Enviromount. It basically looks and feels like a thick piece of shiny cardboard. But the idea of scratching into it intrigued me...

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Collagraph Materials 101: Getting Started!
The first biggest excitement in the collagraph process is finding materials to create your collage with - so let's find some!

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How to make a Linocut at Home | Beginners Printmaking
Linocut is a printmaking process which can create beautiful bold prints, and involves the joyful element of carving!

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Scratchy Drawing! How to make a Drypoint Print at home | Printmaking without a Press
Drypoint is a printmaking method which is rooted in drawing, but uses a sharp point instead of a pencil. Here's how to do it at home!

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5 Printmaking Techniques To Try at Home | Printmaking without a Press
Do you have an interest in having a go at printmaking at home, but are perhaps trying to figure out which technique to try?...

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How to make a Trace Monotype Print at Home | Beginners Printmaking
Printmaking doesn’t have to be a long process or an overwhelming one - you can simply have a quick doodle and see what happens!

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Cereal Box Collagraph | Printing Easy Collagraph Baubles | Festive Printmaking at Home
Feeling festive? The holidays are a lovely time to slow down and enjoy some easy-breezy home printmaking...

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How to make an Additive Monotype Print at Home
What is Additive Monotype Printmaking? Effectively, it's as if you are creating a painting, but on a shiny surface. Then you take a print of that painting . It's called Additive Monotype because you add the ink onto the plate (your surface) and everything that is on the plate will get printed. What’s the point of it? You might wonder, seeing as you can easily create a painting on a canvas or in a sketchbook, what the point of creating a printed painting is. That’s ok - que

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Printmaking - A Doorway into Art & Play
Printmaking is playmaking - and the best place to start playing is in the comfort of your own surroundings...

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Delving into Drypoint: The Art of Intricate Impact
Despite its seeming light-touch, creating feathery soft lines, Drypoint is a heavyweight in feeling, exploring deep shadows and emotions...

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What are Monotypes? | Beginner’s Printmaking
When you create a monotype, you are creating something which cannot be replicated in exactly the same way again...

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Beginner’s Printmaking Glossary | Demystifying Printmaking
Printmaking is a wonderful way to explore art but sometimes its language can be intimidating...

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How to Print a Collagraph plate | Printmaking at Home
So you’ve made your collagraph plate. Hurrah! Now you get to print from it. Here’s how to get started…

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How to make a Collagraph plate | Printmaking at Home
Printmaking is one of the most exciting and forgiving of mediums to create art with and one of my favourite methods is Collagraph...

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