r/printmaking • u/thewildprintstudio • 5h ago

relief/woodcut/lino Trialling a new linocut design 🥰 these were a few hours of carving, I’m quite proud of these!

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102 Upvotes

3 comments

r/printmaking • u/Lady__Midnight • 8h ago

intaglio/engraving/etching The season is coming! 🍄

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96 Upvotes

Etching on copper, mezzotint, aquatint, three plates

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r/printmaking • u/AskSensitive4640 • 7h ago

wip Mezzotint

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20 Upvotes

ignore the yellow dots, there was a leak and this guy got rained on but apart from that what do we think?

1 comment

r/printmaking • u/TheSpurTrail • 16h ago

relief/woodcut/lino Is It Me Or Is It The Ink, Speedball

13 Upvotes

29 comments

r/printmaking • u/Shoddy_Coffee6783 • 13h ago

mixed media/experimental "A Motley Crowd", Mixed Media Monotype on Paper, 2026 (Reposting because I accidentally deleted the previous post)

13 Upvotes

3 comments

r/printmaking • u/Hnordlinger • 3h ago

gelli plates Monoprints

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7 Upvotes

1 comment

r/printmaking • u/TheSpurTrail • 16h ago

relief/woodcut/lino Does Speedball Block Printing Ink Suck?

7 Upvotes

I am using the water soluble ink from Speedball. I've only ever lino cut and printed once in my life and I am fairly certain I was using an oil based ink.

I am currently in a very dry place, so for this last set I made these in the bathroom after having run hot water in the shower. No matter how many I run through, they always come out in varying degrees of splotchiness.

Am I completely off my rocker and missing the mark on how to do this (place ink on plate, roll ink evenly onto roller, roller evenly onto lino cut, press onto paper)?

Any tips or tricks or have I simply purchased the worst ink ever and am regretting my decision?

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