A big thank-you to Jose Eugenio for filming it all, some shots taken while balanced on a ladder! I managed to pack all this into about 5 minutes on the video. I also throw in instructions for printing the plate just to complete the whole process… The video and written notes here begin with mixing inks, then show inking up a plate as intaglio, followed by a layer of relief printed ink. Intaglio inking combined with relief printing Video We remain friends of course, but I am going to show you my way, which I think is the best. Each printmaker came away convinced they alone knew how to ink up properly. The group is not renowned for sensitivity or politeness, and pretty soon the room was full of noisy surprise, doubt, scorn, advice and personal comments about individuals inking up techniques. There are 16 members of Inkers, some people have been printmaking longer than they, or anyone else can remember (60 years?) and we share decades of teaching and technical printmaking experience between us.
Everybody got stuck in, no doubt thinking ‘I can do this in my sleep’. We returned to the house and gathered round the big table to ink up our plates. A group of us went out for a walk and made drypoint plates in situ. The Inkers Printmakers group go for a weekend away each year, this time we stayed at Worfolk Cottage near Scarborough. I know from experience that ‘inking up’ can get pretty heated. It is still fun to argue about the best way to ink up a plate though! The first thing to say is that each printmaker is unique and everybody does it differently. Discover the best way to ink and print a collagraph plate
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