Graphic Studies

These are some of the graphics interests that this blog will cover.
Other adventures in Fine Art Media, Sculptural, Metal and Wood Arts, Fiber Arts,
Bead & Stone crafting, Moldmaking, Botanicals; Soaps & Candeling etc.,
will eventually be included.

Currently In Progress ...

Traditional, new and exploratory techniques in printmaking & digital graphics:

 1. Relief printing: Linoleum Block (all forms), Woodblock, Letterpress,
    Photopolymer, Stamping, Stenciling, plus other methods
 2. Chemical Etching Methods including various Salt techniques - all surfaces
 3. Drypoint & Traditional engraving (including mezzotint)
 4. Stone & other forms of Lithography
 5. Monotyping & Encaustics; Gel-printing
 6. Seriography / Screenprinting methods
 7. Collagraphs- textured and screen-aquatint
 8. Scratchboard & mixed Clayboard media
 9.Transfer Techniques
10. Chin-Collé and Collage
11. Marbling and Paste-Paper
12. Paper Making & Molding
13. Photo methods; Photo-Printing; Collotypes, Photogravure
14. Digital Art, Photographic and Digital Tools
15. Mixed Print & Fine Art Media, Design
16. Commercial printing methods; metal relief (letterpress), photopolymer relief
      (Flexography), Offset Litho, Roto-gravure

New!
1. Gyoku
2. Foilography Printing (Charles Morgan)
3. Nature Printing
4. Kitchen Lithography
5. Mokulito (Woodblock) Lithography

Comparisons:
- Pressprint vs Handprint
- Monotype vs Monoprint
- Grounds & Resists
- Transfer techniques
- Using image tools as visual reference vs exact copy
- Grounds & Resists
- Water vs Oil
- Traditional "Toxic" vs Contemporary "Non-Toxic"
- Digging from an oil-based Etching ink can vs scraping the surface
  of an oil-based Litho ink can
- Hand vs digital
- Fine vs Commercial
  
Issues:
- Repair & modification of existing plates
- Plate storage
- Health & environment