Multi block Lino Print with Laura: Episode 23 - A Quirk of Oil Based Ink Extender and Ink Care
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- čas přidán 7. 07. 2020
- Here's some advice if you use as much oil based extender in your work as I do, plus some useful tips on keeping your relief printing inks in good condition. Big thank you to Cranfield Colours for the information in this video.
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Really helpful advice especially to this sinful ink tin digger. Note to self: scrape in future. Also your advice about using thicker plastic to replace the newly opened tin and possibly using WD40 too.
Thank you very much for all your clear explanation and demonstration and handy hints which are all very enjoyable and valuable.
So totally true about the tube wringer - I totally went through my house and did toothpaste etc after I finished all the watercolor tubes. Be cautious with plastic tubes, it's possible to unseal the end of the tube while flattening it!
Good tip - I get way too excited by this tool 😀
That was very helpful, I thought my mixing was going wrong until you explained!
Thank you, this is so helpful! I love the soy sauce domes. I print in a shared studio so I can't leave ink on the slab. BUT I have a big square food storage container that is very shallow- I can cut a piece of glass to put in it and use little covers on that.
Thank you Laura! I have used extender though not as you do. You have inspired me to try out using many layers and knowing about the 'quirk' is essential! TFS!!
Really helpful tips and advice as usual. Love your videos! Thank you Laura
Thanks again Laura, a very informative session. One question regarding the extender and some info given me by another printmaker regarding storing excess ink. Does the Caligo Safe Wash extender have the transient chromaphors (hope that's the right term and spelled correctly!) to the full on Cranfield oil extender? Most of my inks are safe wash at present including my extender, although I do have a few Cranfield traditional oil inks. I wonder whether the safe wash will have the same properties regarding the yellowing. Also, I have a very good friend and great printmaker, Jo Hollier, here in Canberra Australia that gave me a tip on storing excess ink that works quite well. She suggests putting the ink onto foil and wrapping it securely into a small rectangular package, Jo puts a swab of the colour on the outside of the little package so she knows what colour it is. She them cuts off a corner when she wants to reuse it and squeezes it out as if it's a little tube. It works really well, I've tried it. I wouldn't bother with this method if it was overnight, yours sounds much simpler with the little cups to cover, but for longer term storage (at least a month, if not more) it works well.
That’s a brilliant idea Simone! I think the chromaphores (must check the spelling) are in the linseed - but I will ask
Fascinating! I had no idea inks could do this temporary color shift trick when using transparent extenders. I’ve only just begun my journey into block printing, and have invested in some 8oz. Jars of Akua water clean up inks. These have a soy oil base, I believe, and are undoubted different from those that use linseed oil as the vehicle. Do you know anything about this phenomenon in Akua inks? Thanks for helping us beginners get started in linoleum block printing. It’s a invaluable resource!
Hi no sorry - I don’t work with those inks so haven’t any experience with them
Thanks Laura, how interesting. What sort of project would you recommend to try out your inking techniques? (-: Marion
Check out the papers video in this series - lots of information about paper types
Where did you get the tube wringer? I'm actually in Oregon and have not heard of them. They look handy.
I usually run the ends of tubes over the edge of a counter top (more angular, less bullnose) and that pushes the inside material up to the top.
Also, do you have any recommendations for replacement tube tops? They occasionally get mangled and I experiment, with medium results. Extras would solve that problem.
I bought mine from Amazon - I think it is an American make funnily enough. They are often described as toothpaste squeezers, but I would avoid anything plastic and flimsy