Four Colour Separations

This week we have been busy people with Thursday at the Bluecoat and Friday at Hot Bed Press.

Whilst Hannah got to grips with the Carborundum ready for our demo at Chapel Street Open Studios next weekend (more on this later) I gave gum arabic four colour separations a whirl. We loved the results and decided to experiment further with this and so the next day with guidance from the master of Gum Arabic Justin Sanders we both produced some amazing prints for our first trial of the process. Sometimes referred to as paper lithography, this method of printmaking uses photocopies saturated with gum arabic. The ink of the photocopy attracts the ink on the roller and can then be printed. Four Colour Seperations involves inking up the CMYK layers of an image separately then overlaying them.

We will be entering these images to the mini print exhibition in York.

Carborundum Print


Gum Arabic Four Colour Separation