Is there a reason to use 2 blankets, instead of just using one and increasing the pressure?

Excellent video. Very thorough process. Seeing demonstration of the transitions from one process to another was invlauable.. almost magical to see Amazing number of variations evloved from the same basic image. Just what I needed.

Wow! That is amazing! I still don't understand how you arrived at this "destination" with what you used 🤷‍♀️ Looks great! Thank you for sharing!

Thanks for your tutorial. I learned a lot! Question: Why in the world aren't you using a rotary cutter instead of scissors to trim your fabrics?

Très complet . Merci.

Are the letters above and below the moon are both raised? If the letters are raised, does it hold ink for a few prints or do you need to re ink before each print?

What does putting it in acid do?

Excellent video, the end is very important for the student to learn what's the differences between Monotype and a Monoprint are.

The original mold was made by dad Bill Swan at international fiberglass in the early 60's

Hey! What kind of acid do you use?

Can 100% cotton medium weight bedsheets be used for priming large canvases that are 10X2 meters? These large size acrylic canvases will be stuck to wall with glue. Would pre-washing the cotton roll prevent further shrinking upon glueing them to the wall?

Amazing

..good vid, thanks. ;)

I've read that it's not adviseable to prime a raw canvas directly with gesso as the paint could crack overtime, but rather to put a coat or two of gelatin/rabbit skin glue (with light sanding inbetween the coats) as a sealant (size) underneath the gesso/primer. There's also some great recipes for homemade oil emulsion primers instead of the gesso, which you can adjust to your own taste. Great video!

Thank you so much for a very interesting video. have just started collagraphs and am interested in using carborundum so found this very useful.

Thanku I will do it tomorrow! 😇

Really beautiful horse, Tyrus! loved watching you work. :)

Brilliant. Very inspiring, thank you!

Very inspirational, thank you

which printer did you use to print the image to the Transfer paper ?

If you staple the corners wont that prevent you from being able to apply wedges in the future? You'd have to remove the staples from the corners otherwise the splined joints wont move when tapping in the wedges. Maybe that's why you see antique canvases tacked on the edges and not the back generally? Also, I've heard that if you gesso the edges first it'll help prevent your canvas from slopping in the middle...I have no idea myself, just wondered if you knew that to be true or not?? That's a good tip you mentioned...about not trimming the excess on the back. I know from first hand experience because I had three really nice paintings re-stretched by a local gallery(artist removed them for some reason so had them rolled up in storage). After I had located the 'strange' dimensions of the new stretcher bars online it came down to some tight and tedious decisions on what part of the painting to favor and lose...because the original canvases had been trimmed and there wasn't much to work with for tacking to the new bars. So we made sure that the signature was visible and even though not much of the original image was lost...it was still slightly awkward once it was done. Thanks for the tutorial.

Ty, that is totally cool! Thanks for taking the time to make and share the video.

Simply green household Cleaner was what my colleges printing studio would use to clean off the plates

I accidently bought pouring medium ( thought i grabbed gesso ) can I still prime my canvas with it ?

Valuable. Great instruction

Nice job thanks for sharing. Do you wet the paper for printing ? Also what kind of inks do u use? Im working with water based inks and regular cheap paper cause im still learning but i get mad with the inking drying very fast and the paper wrinkling on the press.

Where can I download that guide that you used?

Thank you very much! very inspiring - to use your own designs or own fotographs to "translate" into beautiful artwork

Nice work, I appreciate the clear verbal instructions or discussion. I'm a bit dyslexic about block printing.

Do you use the flow Flow Improver or gel acrylic medium?

Excellent demonstration of this technique, thanks for your time in producing this video. The spray paint "false aquatint" is a great idea which I will try.

omg i did this with 12 colors and tried to add more for the left row and less of the color on the top and vice versa so each square is a diff color took hours and honestly helped but says a lot for having all the toys as opposed to mixing lol

very impressive and you are very patient lol

Very helpful and to the point video.

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thank you for sharing that very comprehensive process, beautiful.

So cool! I love this.

Thanks for sharing

thank you. Where do you buy the fabric? at the fabric store, not the art store? What kind of cotton raw canvas? Seems to be different weights of fabric. Thanks!!

What paper do you use?

nicely done! great video. :-)

How do you know what side of the canvas fabric needs to be facing up?

Back then the cavens was also involved , but NOT this tipe of cavens , but a cavens where the strings of cavens have spaces one of another (like today medical bandages ).So , using this tipe of cavens is ONLY to form a stronger structure with the thick natural gesso . So : The firs tipe is painting on cavens , even the cavens is glued on a playbord. The second tipe is painting on wood , (treated with natural gesso ) even the rare string cavens is involvd !

This is when you glue cavens over playbord and then the cavens is treated with a thin layer of ground , and you paint on a cavens .But in the 14, 15 ,16 century they used a thick wood panel covered with a thick layer ( realized in stages) of natural gesso.

Dude I love it! I love love love it! These sheeps are amazing!

Thanks for a very informative break down of this medium. Nice print. Love seeing you go through improving it in the proof sequence. Thanks for sharing.

Printing Collagraphs are best for me best for me when I use gloss medium instead of matt medium to seal the surface of masonite or illustration board,or to go over carborundum,etc.

Thank you 😄 Very helpful

Thank you .This was great ! I assume you use oil base printer ink .? I only can get the black one here . I like the dry point on the ghost prints . I checked your webpage . Great prints and paintings . Love them :) Hope you are on instagram ?

Fantastic engagement from your students! The variations of stars, for me, speaks volumes about God's vast imagination and uniqueness. The display-installation also reminds us of the power in collaboration! A very beautiful presentation indeed. Thanks for sharing your students work Tyrus! Jim Thompson, Professor Emeritus, Art and Design, Azusa Pacific University Merry Christmas from Jim and Mary (We have a new address: Jim and Mary Thompson, 230 Cabrillo Street, Costa Mesa CA 92627)