Random print with leftover, used polyprint plates

Collage made from filter paper from making black dahlia ink

November’s sheet of daily drawings are now complete – this month I made polyprints (using plates similar to frozen pizza base packaging). I have a lot less control and the results are a lot more rough and ready than I’m used to, but I’ve really enjoyed the challenge of working out the potential of this ultra low tech form of printmaking.

I used the leftover, used polyprint plates to make a random grid print of overlays – interesting to see the unexpected textures that emerge from working like this. I’d definitely like to experiment more with polyprints in the future.

The coffee filter paper used for making my black dahlia ink a ouple of weeks ago was too enticing to throw away. Instead I made a small collage of a dahlia, with the background painted with the actual black dahlia ink.