Relief printing

For my Fashion Communication course at university I was required to attend a workshop in Relief Printing.

I smeared a special thick, black ink onto smooth surfaced board.  I then gently placed a piece of paper over the inked board.  I took a pencil and sketched an image, making sure the pencil was the only thing in contact with the paper.  I then peeled the paper away from the board and revealed my design which had been transferred to the paper.

Below are some prints which I made by placing textured materials such as bubble-wrap, string, netting and fabric onto the inked board.  I removed the items which left an imprinted image in the remaining ink.  Then I gently placed a piece of paper over the inked board and put it through a printing press.  I like the the effects that the different materials have created in my print.