I love creating serigraphs, but I also enjoy creating intaglio prints. Serigraphs are made by developing an image onto a screen, or series of screens, while the Intaglio prints I make are made by etching an image onto a metal plate, or plates. Each printmaking method produces a very different look, and feel, which can be seen by going to the hand-made prints page.

In this post, I am sharing a few of my intaglio, and chine colle’, prints. Both are intaglio prints but the term chine colle’ refers to a print whose image, or part of its image, is made up of colored paper that is adhered to a heavier printmaking paper. All the color in these prints is applied paper not ink.

My intaglio prints are all mixed media because I have found I like the texture, and uniqueness, that comes from highlighting each print by hand using white charcoal, black charcoal, white pencil. and/or graphite pencil.

When I choose not to use color, I print directly onto the heavier printmaking paper as in this black and white image. I still hightlight with white charcoal to give it added depth and expand the tonal range.

I could use white ink to highlight areas but there is a chalk-like playful quality about white charcoal that goes along with my imagery.

While it is hard to see the texture, or the sheen of the paper, on the computer screen, it is quite noticable in person.

I find that these mixed media creations have a soft, and earthy feel. What do you think?

More information about both kinds of prints can be found by selecting the hand-made prints page on this website.

Kathleen Zimmerman