Dry Point Printing - October 2017

Today we were led by Annie who worked so hard throughout the day to inspire and help us produce some wonderful dry point prints

 Here are just some of Annie's wonderful examples - small and so beautiful

 Abstract can work aswell as pictorial

 Happy Christmas - written in reverse to read correctly but still the words were in the wrong order. The moral of the process is to write any letters with great care and a lot of thought

 Annie's patchwork example

 Close-up of the patchwork print

 Fine copper was used instead of card

 So Annie began by demonstrating...

 We sat and have never been so quiet!!

 Jude's design is being transferred onto card which has been previously varnished

Annie's husband has made the tools by filing the long nail to a lovely sharp point. Masking tape helps to grip the tool

                                      So we began

 We worked with great gusto on fine quality paper

 Printing ink is wiped on - wiped off - so it sits in the grooves

 It is then pressed through the rollers on Annie's wonderful press

 Jude's print - on card - printed on paper and finally printed on a spray blown piece of fabric

 Close-up

                       Margaret Boswell

                         Dina

                          Sylvia

                          Alma

                          Lorraine

                          Cheryl

                     Pat P

                     Dawn

                          Elise

                         Pat W

                         Lillian

                     Janet C

To finish the day we successfully raised £29.00 for the Macmillan charity by having a cake sale.
A very successful day all round.

Our thanks to Annie for a day well spent.

Jude