‘Vernon Mill’
Cyanotype print using a drypoint printing plate to transfer image to paper.
Size: 17.5 x 12.5 cms
A blog about Stockport landmarks by artist/printmaker Neil Robinson which follows a printmaking project depicting the diverse architectural styles of my hometown both new and old.
‘Vernon Mill’
Cyanotype print using a drypoint printing plate to transfer image to paper.
Size: 17.5 x 12.5 cms
Recently I took a break from working on my Stockport series and reserved a place on a printmaking weekend away in Anglesey, North Wales at Penmon Point organised by Alan Birch
Despite the bad weather on the Sunday which lasted most of the day, I managed to print off seven prints in the lighthouse keepers cottage (pictured). I used drypoint, chine collé and card printing techniques to capture the lighthouse and puffin island.
This print depicts the Garrick Theatre which is located just off the A6 in Stockport. I used a different technique this time by first printing a drypoint print with black ink, then I printed a single triple-coloured linocut on top using which gives a painterly finish. I cut out areas of the lino to mark windows and posters on the building.
Here are two of the drypoint prints I produced on Sunday.
The viaduct print uses a rollover of orange ink over the black ink on the Perspex plate.
With the old infirmary drypoint print, I will add a wash of watercolour at some point.
I am hoping to do some chine collé prints of the viaduct using the same drypoint plate.
Drypoint print with Chiné-Colle technique.
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