Skill Swap: Gum Arabic

From Hannah to Emma,

The transferring of a photocopied image using Gum Arabic solution.

Process involves applying the Gum Arabic with a sponge, rolling ink over the top, and again applying the gum Arabic.

Putting this through the press transfers the image as the Gum Arabic is drawn to the dark areas f the photocopy and so the ink attracted to the wax areas. A great technique that i will be using and developing more in the future. A four colour split of CMYK can be produced which gives fantastic results.

Another way of using the Gum Arabic is to draw an image with crayon and similar to the photocopy it is drawn to the dark areas.