Anita Reynolds
Anita discovered printmaking whilst trying to become a good landscape painter!
She has always enjoyed painting but was happiest when she was making the canvasses thick with texture or adding collage elements. So she tried Printmaking and subsequently never looked back!
Anita uses two forms of printmaking; Collagraphs and Drypoints.
Collagraphs as the name suggests are made by creating a collaged surface onto a plate. She uses cement, polyfilla, carborundum grit and fragments found in the landscape to build up a textured ink holding surface.
Drypoints are made by scratching into perspex sheet with sharp tools, wire wool and sandpaper. These marks raise a 'burr' on the plastic and the ink is caught on it.
Once the plates have been inked with the chosen colours, they are then put through a press with a sheet of dampened 100% cotton rag paper.
Each print is an original piece of work so they are all slightly different and can be inked differently each time.
She has always enjoyed painting but was happiest when she was making the canvasses thick with texture or adding collage elements. So she tried Printmaking and subsequently never looked back!
Anita uses two forms of printmaking; Collagraphs and Drypoints.
Collagraphs as the name suggests are made by creating a collaged surface onto a plate. She uses cement, polyfilla, carborundum grit and fragments found in the landscape to build up a textured ink holding surface.
Drypoints are made by scratching into perspex sheet with sharp tools, wire wool and sandpaper. These marks raise a 'burr' on the plastic and the ink is caught on it.
Once the plates have been inked with the chosen colours, they are then put through a press with a sheet of dampened 100% cotton rag paper.
Each print is an original piece of work so they are all slightly different and can be inked differently each time.