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Clay Monoprints: Dreams, Visions, and Alternate Realities

Oct 5, 2017 - Feb 1, 2018
Susan Richards
Tree Room Gallery
Pendle Hill, Wallingford, PA
Reception: October 8, 7:30-9pm,

Free to attend. All are welcome!

“I have been making clay monoprints since my first workshop with Mitch Lyons, its originator, in December 2016. Clay monoprinting is a unique combination of printmaking together with the tactility of clay, and results in two-dimensional work with greater depth, and feeling of three-dimensionality.

The printing ‘plate’ is a clay slab. Color is applied with clay slip to which pigments have been added. Layers of texture using all kinds of materials can be added. The ‘paper’ is a synthetic interfacing material called Reemay 2470. When placed over the design and hand rubbed with a pony roller, a print from the slab is transferred to the two-dimensional material. There is a spontaneity to the process, and random...