Louise Allen
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My creative practice is concerned with exploring links between life drawing and collagraph print making. I find that most collograph print makers create landscapes or abstract compositions, I am more interested in creating figurative work, or abstracted figures.
Here are some of the collagraph prints I created in autumn 2020 they are are mostly based on older life drawings due to covid restrictions meaning that life drawing was ‘on hold'. I was exploring plate making techniques and different ways of developing abstraction within my work.

The face in the water looks up.
Blue/black collagraph print based on a life drawing of Suzi.

Abstract print (detail)
made by rotating' the face in the water looks up.

Reaching for the light.
Drawing with pva glue ,an experiment to create a collograph print from a life drawing of Suzi.

Valentina descendant d'un escalier!
A collage of old life drawings of Valentina Rocks, developed into a collagraph plate, printed, then rotated 180 degrees and re-printed.
A break-through print in terms of abstraction.

Valentina
1. Collaged drawings.
2. Printing plate.
3. 'ap' artist proof print.
4. Rotated double print.

Adam Angst
1. . Life drawing.
2. Collagraph printing plate with bead
and lace detail.
3. Single colour print.
4. Plate inked up with 2 colours.

Dave seated.
1. life drawing
2. Plate made directly out of the drawing by cutting, gluing and carborundum.
3. Blue -black print.
4. Sepia print.
For my next work chronologically, go to ... Diary, Spring 2021, Jan, Feb, March
For previous prints go to, ... Collagraph Prints 2020.