"Bokalanfini," collagraph by Yvonne Brown.
Collagraph is a word that comes from the French word "collage." In collagraphy, the artist pastes cut pieces of paper or attaches object to a plate (matrix) made from mat board, masonite, or similar substance. The plate is then covered with a protective coat of shellac or acrylic medium. The plate should be very shallow, with small gradations in height: about the height of a cut piece of paper, but no higher than a penny. Then the plate is inked in the style of intaglio: ink is pushed into the crevices and the surface is wiped clean.. |