Week 25 of 52 Week Printing Challenge

Carborundum Print - Bunya Pine

One of my favourite things to do is go for a drive to Maleny and look at the rolling hills and the Bunya Pines. There is a beautiful lookout at Reesville with an added bonus of the Glasshouse Mountains ( I’m working on an etching).

Carborundum is a grit ( think of sand paper). It can be applied with a glue or as a ready made gel. I have been teaching myself how to use it. It is great for providing dark and mid tones in a print.

Anyway, here is my first print. I painted the Bunya based on a photo using carborundum gel. I’m really happy with how it printed. I probably could have left the swirls at the bottom off the plate. In fact, I have removed them and will use the plate again with chine colle.

Etching print plate, Akua Carborundum gel, Akua Intaglio Ink Black and Somerset SATIN 250gsm 100% cotton rag paper.

I’ll continue to play with the carborundum and see what I can do.

I hope you are staying creative 😀 perhaps challenge yourself to learn something new!

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