Print procedure and process

Initially I go urban hiking, following leads to forgotten industrial sites.Chasing landmarks seen from trains or car windows plus hours of intense wanderings through city A to Z’s. Once found they are photographed and noted with map references.
My approach then is to mimic vintage post cards. I work from the initial photograph which I manipulate to ape early printing methods. This forms the positive for the single colour screen print. An acrylic sheet is inked up to form the plate for the monotype print. Then passed through a press to form the colour tint.

The artworks are in very variable editions of 10 and up to 50.
i.e. Several are printed at the same time with the same methods, templates or screens. None of the finished prints are exactly the same they may be in the same family of colours but intensities will differ.



Clare Johnson 2011