An Experimental Aside

Today’s post is quite a short one on an experimental method I tried. My left eye has a stigma that means focusing it is never quite right and I have been to the surgeon to have a meeting regarding fixing the problem so I have just pulled this little experiment out of my library to keep the impetus going. Tomorrow I will start on looking at ways to use a gel plate in printing from basics to more advanced techniques.

As so often happens with me, I am working on something when another idea pops into my head. And I just have to try it. I had been working on using citric cleaner to print from OHP and I had printed off a lovely image of an iris on presentation paper. This is a high gloss paper but not photopaper. I wondered if I used the same citrus method as the OHP if I would get a print. The lovely water colour image on fine cotton was the result.

While the detail has been softened it opens up a whole new range of areas that I could try with stitch or applique over the actual flower to increase its detail and 3 D effect. While leaving the softened background (or even painting over it) as an optionAnd so my interest in printing without a press continues to grow

The original image