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CrimsonWolf2016 β Tiger and Dragon Print-Copper Foil
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These are two woodcut prints that I pulled for my introduction to printmaking final! They're my 2nd and 3rd woodcuts that I've carved and I'm very proud of the results! The dimensions of the prints are about 18"x40". I spent well over a hundred hours carving the wood, foil stamping the paper and actually pulling the prints. My hand was sore for a week because I only had a little over two weeks to finish the project... But I did it!
I really fell in love with the foil stamping process! I did these prints in Gold, Gun Metal, and Copper. Any feedback you can give me on which foil you find more effective would be greatly appreciated!
Right now I've photoshoped the two prints next to each other (they are a diptych) but my plan is to cut out the prints and adhere them to scrolls and have them displayed next to each other as banners.
Edit: I've been challenged to make the rest of the zodiac.
The other copper versions of the series:
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Thought these were yours when I saw them at school when I went for my enrollment. Looked like your style. ;D Pictures don't do them justice, they're beautiful.
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Wow. These are beautiful. Amazing job. I wish non-artists could understand the labor of something like this kind of beautiful work.
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Thank you, that means a lot!
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What do you mean by foil stamping? Β I'm unfamiliar with that technique.
I love the outcome and especially the use of the continued background on both prints. Β It gives them a beautiful sense of continuity.
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It's a technique my professor taught me. He ordered rolls of foils for his own studio work. I'm not exactly sure what the foils are called. The foils come with a plastic film on top of them that is removed during the transfer process. Hmmm, let me just explain the process.
You take you're printmaking paper and soak it, I believe to remove the glues in the manufactured paper. Blot the paper and let it dry. Then with a roller ( one that you would paint a wall in your house with (I used a roller simply because of the large scale of my paper)) spread acrylic matte medium onto your paper. I took a large paint brush and ran it across the glue while it was still wet to create striations (I found that texture to be more appealing). After the acrylic matte medium has dried, you repeat the process (you want at least 3 layers of acrylic matte medium). It's kind of an odd concept but you want the adhesive to dry. Now you can apply your foil with either heat or pressure. I used pressure. So what I did was I took my paper and laid it on the press bed, then I cut strips of foil and laid it across my paper (color side up) with a slight overlap between strips. Then it becomes just like pulling a print off a press. Lay your pressure blankets on top, gauge the press (it's lowest setting) and then run it through. Once it's through, you can remove the blankets and pull off the strips of foil. The plastic film will come off and the foil will remain.
I hope that helps. Foil stamping in this case was just to make different backgrounds for my prints. The only things to be careful for with foil stamping is that ink doesn't take to the foil as well so it takes a longer than usual amount of time to dry.
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Thanks for that. Β The copper looks the best out of the types. It has a beautiful finish.
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Thank you! And thanks for the feedback!
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