Monoprints
I really enjoyed monoprinting last year when I was on the Access to HE course; it was the first workshop I ever did in the LCA institution and therefore it has a very special place in my heart. I spent the majority of my time in the print room last year, developing a really strong print-based practice, and it was wonderful (as with the screen printing session) to get back to what I know best! As I was very familiar with the process, I had my cut paper stencils all ready to go and was zooming away with the inks and driers, piling everything onto my plate to create some lovely, reduced work. I often find the plate looks just as good, if not better than, some of the actual prints - so wanted to keep that too. Monoprints can give quite a professional aesthetic while still having a huge element of the hand of the maker seen within the outcomes and I really enjoy the slow and monotonous process and tweaking elements on the plate and turning the wheel of the press. It's relaxing and gives me a productive feeling!
Gelli Prints
I discovered this 'mono printing without a press' home solution last year in response to my monoprint induction and quickly fell in love with it - using it in a lot of my projects since. I love how easy it is to do; not requiring fancy inks and driers, expensive printing presses or thick paper. It's quick and easy to build up layers with stencils, textures and found objects. The aesthetic is a lot more grungy, DIY and lo-fi which provides a nice contrast against the more professional-looking monoprinting. I used the same stencils as in the mono printing session to explore another way of printing with reduced forms. Even though I won't be using either of these processes in the final sticker design, it was nice to take a break from Adobe Illustrator and enjoy the repetitive motion of inking, building up a plate and printing!
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