09/15/2022
There is some great variety of art that will be on display at the All Mixed Up exhibit opening.
"Black Lace" (detail) | | abstract collograph
On view at Wilmington's .908 Fourth Friday Gallery Night September 23, 6-9 pm! 🤍🖤
If you’re accustomed to the idea that printmaking always involves the incision or engraving into metal that is then printed, you might want to know about a little thing called the collagraph—or collograph, as it is spelled in some circles.
Either way, it’s a term that amalgamates the two words collage and graphic, which gives a clue as to what this often-overlooked printmaking process is about—not just the construction of an image from various found elements, but also the subsequent use of this image for printing.
Sure enough, collagraph plates are created much like collages are, with paper and other textual elements typically being cut and pasted onto a stiff cardboard support. This is then printed using intaglio and/or relief methods.
ArtWeb.com | Excerpt from "An Introduction to Collograph Printmaking" (2017)