Collagraphy (sometimes spelledcollography) is aprintmaking process in which materials are glued or sealed to a rigid substrate (such aspaperboard orwood) to create a plate.[1] Once inked, the plate becomes a tool for imprinting the design onto paper or another medium. The resulting print is termed acollagraph.
The term "collagraph" was coined byGlen Alps in the 1950s, and is derived from theGreek wordkoll orkolla, meaningglue, andgraph, meaning the activity ofdrawing.[2]
Artists use a variety of materials in collagraphy, including yarn, fabric, tape, different varieties of cut paper or card, leaves, feathers, and acrylic mediums.[3][2] The application of ink onto the collagraph plate is versatile, consisting ofintaglio-inking into recesses,brayer or paintbrush inking ontorelief surfaces, or a combination of these methods. A print can be made with, or without use of apress.[4]
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