Tuesday, December 29, 2015

DIFFERENT ACRYLIC PLATE

I finally started printing my Year of the Goat (Sheep) print from last year, well this year - 2015.  It's time to start thinking about next year's Year of the Monkey print, so I thought I'd better do this year's first.

I had already had the image scratched onto an acrylic plate.  I'd used some thinner acrylic then I'd ever used before.  If I remember right, it was all they had at the hardware store at the time.

Before I wiped the ink off - don't want to spoil the surprise!






It seemed to be okay, until I started running it through the press.


Sorry for the blurry image.


Sorry this one is blurry too.
As you can see in the pictures, after about only 25 prints, the edges are starting to deteriorate and break up.

I stopped for the day.  I hope it still prints next time I start up again.


2 comments:

  1. Ohh, bummer. I wonder why? Hope you get through the edition....

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    1. Well, I didn't make as many as I wanted. At about 18 prints it started cracking and by 20 it had too many cracks through the middle to continue. Lesson learned the hard way.

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