POP are proud to present a selection of monoprint projects by the talented members of our community. Monoprinting is a category of printmaking where the image can only be made once, unlike other forms which allow for multiple originals. From gig posters, to stencil screen prints, our members have used the monoprint technique to bring many innovative projects to life.
Alexis Nutini: Found Object and Modular Woodcut Monoprints
This ongoing monprint series was initiated after Alexis Nutini selected graphics from his library of modular woodcuts and blank plates of varying sizes. Most are square blocks so that they can be arranged as a puzzle on his registration system. Once the compositions start to take shape, Alexis then introduces found and upcycled materials into the printing process. The objects include hand cut paper stencils, ribbons, meshes, packing materials, and anything that can be safely put through the press. Using malleable materials allows him to use a variety of printing techniques such as stenciling, printing the leftover ink (ghost ghosts), and offsetting the ink from the materials themselves. Some of these methods require the use of a large piece of plexiglass or a blank matrix. The impressions are made on a sheet of 500 gsm Somerset Satin at a challenging 46″ x 31″ scale.
Spiegelsaal: Favourite Monoprints
Spiegelsaal (Hall of Mirrors) is a design, illustration, and screen print studio based in Hamburg, Germany. Founded by Torsten Jahnke and Jochen Mönig who together specialise in creating gig posters and branding for bands/musicians and festivals. The duo tell us; “During the screen printing process, one creates mono prints non stop: Every now and then, a few pulls are made on a random piece of paper, to see, if the registration is tight, to varify the opacity of the ink or to get rid of an ink overrun. Over time this piece of paper accumulates imagery and takes on a design of its own.” Featured here are some of their favourites from recent years.
Underway Studio: Mini Mono Prints
Underway Studio’s mini mono prints take both inspiration from and then in turn, inform their limited editioned architectural series. Combining screen print positives used in previous print designs with hand cut stencils, the members of Underway Studio layer up imagery and motifs in a free print process on large sheets of paper. These are then cropped to smaller sizes once dry, revealing unusual and creative compositions which may not have been planned otherwise. Sometimes, these mono prints themselves become starting points for the collective’s new designs, taking the whole process full circle.
Lopez&Son PGH: Bird
When teaching children at their work, Lopez & Son’s creativity is always sparked. This is an example of how simple linoleum printing for children can evolve into a fun monoprint project. Lopez & Son are a small up and coming print studio looking to expand the creativity of their customers.
Dana Harris Seeger: Monoprints
Dana Harris Seeger uses monoprints as a way to create alternative environments for the symbols and objects that recur throughout her prints. She comments; “I love using the repeating nature of printmaking in a free-form way, changing up the colour, transparency, and placement of each element over the course of the series”. No two of her prints are alike – yet similarities are apparent. This mirrors her identity as an identical twin – being linked in physical appearance to another person, yet possessing completely unique characteristics and personality traits.
Alastair Keady: Fulcrum
Alastair Keady alternates his approach to screen prints from one project to another, thus there’s often a big piece after a small one, or a fast handmade piece after a long multi-layered technical piece. Fulcrum is one of an ongoing series of screen monoprint diptychs that acknowledge their paired nature by hinting that there’s two sections making the whole. Printed with four monoprint layers on each 720 x 1020 sheet, the (arbitrary) rule is that there’s a ‘horizon field’ and a heavy form that rests on that horizon. Stencils are cut in newsprint. “I love the immediacy and the limit of control on outcome that screen monoprint brings,” describes the printmaker.
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