Cutting 6mm plywood didn't work out as the laser struggled to cut through the wood so we used mount board (please see laser cut post for more). The advantages of using mount board is the fact it can be put through Rochat double geared etching press:
This will allow us to comfortably print A2 sized prints. The mount board can also be torn and manipulated unlike wood. Started by using the letters as a stencil to map out the composition and use as a template to register the type in place:
We used two sizes of rollers to allow even coverage over the variety of weights.
We used Paynes Grey ink
Added a pigment to allow the ink to dry quicker
Ink absorbed into the mountboard nicely. After inking up the type and letting it dry after one print we we found the quality to be more consistent.
Used sheets of tissue paper to mask off certain areas and keep the printing plate and rug as clean as possible. This will avoid unwanted overprints and ink stains.
Working manually encouraged us to take risks and experiment with new ideas. This shows how we allowed the process to inform our decisions. For compositions with more than one letter we had to repeat the printing process. This was particularly difficult when printing the 'E' composition as it needed adjusting and running through the press 11 times. In the future we could cut multiple letterforms in order to speed up the process.
We decided to save the masking sheets of tissue paper because they cropped certain sections of the type. Layering these over each other further emphasises process and we will consider using them within the final publication.
Compositions:
Deconstruction
Tearing off layers of the mount board in created natural organic textures:
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