Welcome to part 4 of our series explaining about printmaking techniques. This week we are discussing drypoint. What is Drypoint? Drypoint is a form of intaglio printmaking, (from the Italian word intaglione meaning to engrave or cut). It is the opposite to relief printing in that the marks that you …
So I have a confession – I love Pinterest! It is a truly addictive social media platform (technically classed as a social bookmarking site) and perfect for us creative people that love looking at pictures! At Magenta Sky we have a Pinterest account for the business and like to browse …
Welcome to part 3 of our series explaining about printmaking techniques. This week we are discussing wood engraving. What is Wood Engraving? Wood engraving is a type of relief printing created by using a small piece of wood that you cut into using very fine metal engraving tools such as …
In this series of blog posts I am going to talk a little about what some of the printmaking techniques are that we use throughout our classes and courses. In the first blog post, I discussed linocut, as an introduction to relief printmaking, so logically, I will swiftly progress to …
All About #Printmaking – Part 1: #Linocut In this series of blog posts I am going to talk a little about what some of the printmaking techniques are that we use throughout our classes and courses. Seeing as I have written a book on the topic, I though the best …
At the start of the year, I spent a lot of time looking at Magenta Sky and having a good old planning session for the year. I was mainly thinking about all the things we offer already and trying to come up with some ideas for new things to trial …
New Craft Book on its way from Magenta Sky! ‘Publishing ramblings’ from a struggling self-published author… So yesterday I was super-excited to be the proud owner of my second ISBN – in other words book two is well on the way! How it Started Over the past six months I …
At Magenta Sky we often get enquiries about what type of press to buy from students looking to take their printmaking to a new level. Printing presses comes in many shapes and forms and there are different presses suitable for the different techniques we teach. The main purpose of a …
Learn Woodcut Printing with Susan! Saturday 14th March 2014 – 9.30am – 12.30pm We are welcoming Susan from Magenta Sky (www.magenta-sky.com) to Sayers Croft for a day of printmaking. Woodcut is a type of relief printing created by using a piece of wood as the block that you cut into …
Relief printmaking is the process of cutting into a block to create a design or image, rolling ink onto the top and printing this onto paper or fabric. There are several printmaking techniques categorised as relief printing (wood engraving, linocut, woodcut) and the final prints produced can be widely different …
