Block One

Well who would have thought one little wooden square printed using the same ink, paper and technique would have so many variations! (I'm pretty sure that consistency is one of the goals!) I may have a way to go. However I learnt a lot.

Learnings

1.Your square needs to be neatly and cleanly cut, (Harder than it sounds)

2. Ink and paste must be mixed thoroughly on the board otherwise you can get dark and light bits.

3. The right amount of dampness is crucial (yet to know what the right amount is).

Too much moisture and the ink bleeds off the edge of the square. Too little and the image is too pale.

You can see the dark bits, the baron marks, the muddy gutters!

4. Clean out your gutters!

Along with the consistency of the printed image is the need for consistency of where the image lands on the paper, called REGISTRATION.

Eight prints held in front of a light source

I have lots of room for improvement with Registration.

One down. seventy nine to go!