Printing

I produced some mono-prints in black and coloured ink using my own handwriting, a stencil and rubber stamps. These prints describe the beetle display using text, which I found was something different compared to a painting or drawing for example. I found it quite difficult at times when writing by hand because of the fact I had to write backwards. It was also quite time-consuming because I couldn't reproduce the same print over and over like I could of done if I had printed in the form of an etching for example. But, on the other hand, the mono-printing and stamp printing was instant. 

Over-printed Monoprint using letter stamps in coloured ink.

Print using letter stamps in black ink.

Monoprint using stencil in black ink.

Monoprint using my handwriting ink coloured ink.

I produced some screen-prints of a beetle photograph in coloured ink on various coloured and textured paper and canvas. I thought in total there were about 10 successful prints that I could either mount or frame or continue to use further to enhance the prints. Although I used a range of textures to print on, I thought the clearest prints worked on paper.