Since 1968 Mitch Lyons has been pioneering his image making from a slab of clay. First a slab of stoneware clay is rolled out. After allowing the slab to dry to a leather-hard consistency, colored slips are made using China clay and permanent pigments. These colored slips are brushed on, dried and rolled into the clay slab one color over another, building the design with images, color and textures on the matrix. Once the slab is rolled flat, a moistened piece of paper/canvass is placed over the slab. Pressure is applied using a rolling pin to transfer the clay slips onto the substrate.

Circle

Red Black Dots

To see more prints by Mitch Lyons please visit his artist page.

The word intaglio comes from the Italian language, and it means carved or recessed. Traditionally, lines or textures are cut or etched with acid into the surface of a metal plate. An intaglio-type is an image using an alternative technique that utilizes photopolymer film (ImagOn) for making the plate. This photo sensitive film can be laminated to plastic or metal plates. Photographs or hand drawn films can be used to create the incised image on the plate.
The intaglio-type plate is inked, and then wiped clean in the same manner as traditional intaglio methods. The ink lies only in the recess areas. A print is made when damp paper is laid onto the plate, and the two are rolled under pressure together in an etching press.
The Contemporary Printmaker by Keith Howard is an excellent reference book for learning this process.

Fireman's Tears by: Keith Howard

Sunday, Apt.#11
by: Erin Holscher

Western woodcut, Proverb 4.9 by Dan Dew, printed with Akua Kolor by hand with a baren

To see more of Dan Dew’s wood cuts go to www.dandew.com

Two Shoes by David Jay Reed

This carborundum print by David Jay Reed, was produced with two plates. First a monotype impression was made using Ultramarine Blue Akua Kolor water-based ink. Then Black Akua Intaglio water-based ink was applied to the Carborundum Plate and printed on top of the blue print.

Businessmen #2 NYC by Karen Cunningham

Karen Cunningham printed the same photocarborundum plate four times. Each time it went through the press with only one color. First Dairylide Yellow, second Quinacridone Red, third Phthalo Blue Green and fourth Black.She manipulated the ink differently each time.The paper (Magnani Pescia) remained dry throughout the printing process.

Ezequiel Taveras

How to Make a Silk Aquatint

Rodriguez Calero

© the individual artists

Judy Lapides - Viscosity Monotype printed with Akua Kolor and Akua Intaglio at Art New England Workshop, Bennington College.

A viscosity monotype deals with two inks with different viscosities, thick and thin, which resist one another when rolled on to the plate. Thin Akua-Kolor will resist the thicker Akua intaglio that is rolled on top.

A Monoprint is an image composed of a monotype and some other form of printmaking resulting in a variable edition. Each print from the variable edition is a one of a kind print where part of the image is repeatable on a fixed matrix and part is not. The following image Family of Three was made by printing a drypoint plate on top of a monotype plate. The final image was printed many times, each time in a different way.

Family of Three
by Susan Rostow & Jarrett Jung (age 5)
Drypoint Monoprint

Family of Three
printed a different way

Rolling Akua Kolor onto the monotype plate with the use of a brayer.

Applying drops of red Akua Kolor onto the monotype plate.

Drawing the image by removing the ink with with tissue paper.

Printing the red plate on top of the yellow print.

This drypoint plate was printed on top of the colored monotype.

Mountain Study 3 Additive Monotype by Catherine Tuttle 22x30, Printed with Akua Kolor

Akua-Kolor and Akua Intaglio water-based inks stay wet on the monotype plate for a very long time, allowing many hours to create an image. They can be printed on dry paper, which results in more brilliant colors and sharper images.