Gratitude

Misty Dawn

copyright 2012 Sandra Duran Wilson

This work on paper was made for a gallery show I had in Australia. I used many of the texture techniques in Surface Treatment Workshop to create "collagraph plates" that I then inked and printed using an etching press. Other layers were created on silk and layered on top of the collagraph. As you can see, there are no limits of what the many techniques can be used for. Try some of them for printmaking, quilting, fiber arts, book making; the list goes on.  

All kinds of transfers

City Serenade 24x24 Sandra Duran Wilson

This painting has about every kind of transfer you can imagine from gel, plastic heat, water slide decal, gampi tissue, paint and gum arabic transfers. All of these and more are found in the book. Darlene and I have just finished the art for our second book and we go to Cincinnati for the photo shoot at the end of the month. More exciting techniques to come.

Gratitude

Misty Dawn

I now have an etching press in my studio and I am having so much fun it should be illegal. This is a collagraph using oil etching ink. I have also collaged an image on organza, the mist, and some gold leaf. A collagraph is like creating a textured collage, then you ink it and print it. I make several different plates and layer my colors and textures to create depth.

Windows on Time

Where does the time go? It goes out the windows. This image is made from a gum arabic transfer and the preserve-it rub on transfer. The target was printed first onto a rice paper using gum arabic, or paper plate lithography as it is sometimes called. The photograph I took of the windows was transferred using the preserve-it technique described in our book. This is a great way to use photos you love.