The steel-plate was hand carved with a plasma cutter, which had an safety switch that made it difficult to us. It was an very interesting experience to use this tool, as then I came up with the idea of combining the printmaking process by turning the metal sheets into a sculpture.
This piece was a test print without using a print press. I used a wooden board and body weight to print. This method was unsuccessful, because more pressure was needed to print, which is achieved by using a print press.
This was the print made in the print press. The main issue with this one was I did not add any refiner and added too much dryer, which water downed the oil then thick amounts of oil.
These are the additional steel-plate cuttings from the plasma cutter that are not ready for printmaking because they need to be flattened to work on the print press. There will be more to come, these are the once that are completed, at the mean time more to come very soon.
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