Etching Tutorials

Printsy member Mariann Johansen-Ellis (mariannjohansenellis) makes amazingly thorough and instructive printmaking videos. In her 7 part series, she shows how to make an etching complete with hard ground, soft ground and aquatint. Below are the first two videos showing the hard ground stage.





She goes on to explain soft ground in part 3 and part 4, and aquatint in part 5, part 6 and part 7.

You can also read the Printsy interview with Mariann here.

Linocut Tutorial

Linocut with Simon Ripley from Double Elephant Print Workshop on Vimeo.

This is yet another video from Double Elephant printmaker Simon Ripley in which he shows us how to produce multi-coloured linocuts using two approaches, reduction & multi-block.

Video of the making of Deep Sea Diver by Linocutboy

Deep Sea Diver by Linocutboy. from Hazeleigh Prebble on Vimeo.

This video shows printmaker and Printsy member Nick Morley (a.k.a. Linocutboy),

as he carves and prints a new linocut of a Deep Sea Diver. Inspired by the intrepid explorers of old, Nick's technique borrows from master printmakers like Bewick and Durer but his use of bold colour gives his prints a strong contemporary feel.

Making the linocut involves carefully planning the image, transferring it to the lino block and then carving away the unwanted parts with gouges. What's left behind is inked up and printed on Nick's etching press. This Deep Sea Diver is printed from seven blocks. The colour blocks are inked up in various colour blends and the black 'key' block is printed last. Each layer has to be carefully registered so that everything aligns properly.

(Filming and editing by Hazeleigh Prebble)

Papercut Print Time-Lapse

In this time-lapse video by Soul Pancake, you can watch printmaker Sonia Romero, Printsy team member SheRidesTheLion make the print Fall. They show her paper cut printmaking collograph process, from start to finish, documenting 6 hours in less than 5 minutes.



Medium: Papercut Print or Collograph
Colors: 6, Hand Pulled
Paper: Rives BFK Cream
Size: 22 x 30 inches
Signed and Numbered Edition: 5
Printed at She Rides the Lion Studio