Ready, Set, Make: printing from a cake board
Channel: Spines And Splines
Date: 2021-07-16

Make art from rubbish! In this video, I use an old board from a shop bought birthday cake to make some original pieces of art using intaglio, relief and mono printing methods.

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MATERIALS USED:

Textured board recycled from a shop bought birthday cake
Newsprint
Hahnemuhle 300gsm etching paper
Pencil
Marker
Ruler
Perspex or glass to use as an ink slab 
Ink knife
Relief printing ink (I used Graphic Chemical 1796 oil based litho ink)
Printmaking roller
Etching ink (I used Charbonnel RSR black etching ink)
Piece of rubber or cardboard to spread ink onto your plate
Tarlatan cloth to wipe back ink (sometimes called scrim or buckram)
Scrap paper to polish plate (I use pages from an old phone book)
Latex gloves
Japanese goat hair brush
Kuretake Gansai Tambi Japanese Watercolours
Etching press (mine is the 580 etching press from Neil Wallace Printmaking Supplies in Melbourne, Australia)
Paint scraper
Paper towel or recycled cloth rag

How to prepare your paper for printmaking: https://youtu.be/Pn2jEM5K5rA
How To Set A Printing Press video: https://youtu.be/TkG830o15yQ
How To Clean Up Your Printmaking Stuff video: https://youtu.be/IqLrGI39cB0
Relief printing by hand using a baren or spoon: https://youtu.be/CMcwWJSYdpo
Making an etching press from a pasta machine: https://youtu.be/5_BWvlrtezM

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