Print Isn't Dead
For my dissertation project, I asked the question what would be lost if traditional printmaking practices went extinct? I explored this question using practice led research and experimented with lots of different printing techniques and seeing what I learnt from making.
I explored woodcut, letterpress, etching and papercut monoprinting to create a series of dinosaur based prints!
I found that the beauty of printmaking lies in its unpredictable nature, you're never quite sure what you'll get until you take the paper off the press.
![Dissertation cover - Letterpress and woodblock print](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/e6dbbca0-cacd-4c8b-9e4f-76bae661f9ce/cfe4406f-875e-4557-a987-f5f563e50820_rw_1200.jpeg?h=f4e8490bcf935bf2ce76ceb9063bb5f4)
Dissertation cover - Letterpress and woodblock print
![Print Isn't Dead - Letterpress and woodblock print](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/e6dbbca0-cacd-4c8b-9e4f-76bae661f9ce/be65ddbf-dfa5-43ce-9e86-8085e78b5d14_rw_1920.jpeg?h=b9195652ed21f415ab03e42d1b3220d1)
Print Isn't Dead - Letterpress and woodblock print
![Large skull - Drypoint etching onto coated card](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/e6dbbca0-cacd-4c8b-9e4f-76bae661f9ce/d7a39028-2912-470f-ace5-b5a314c21c3a_rw_1200.jpeg?h=ac0107322dcc2bd318845d435f7a3f0b)
Large skull - Drypoint etching onto coated card
![Long skull - Drypoint etching onto copper](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/e6dbbca0-cacd-4c8b-9e4f-76bae661f9ce/b402dfe1-c42d-4680-87c5-3bb3e2c306fe_rw_1920.jpeg?h=55b7731cd32a593ed68ece0d60ea91ee)
Long skull - Drypoint etching onto copper
![Dancing Dino - Drypoint etching onto acrylic](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/e6dbbca0-cacd-4c8b-9e4f-76bae661f9ce/f987bde2-b61a-4007-9f73-e515513410ef_rw_1200.jpeg?h=3bebafe6b2f1af094e5edf90709e4c58)
Dancing Dino - Drypoint etching onto acrylic
![Triceratops - Woodcut print](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/e6dbbca0-cacd-4c8b-9e4f-76bae661f9ce/b717e338-4c80-457b-be43-7407216c104f_rw_1200.jpeg?h=d98b55c3b028fad1013fc4bcb951a473)
Triceratops - Woodcut print
![Repeat pattern woodcut print](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/e6dbbca0-cacd-4c8b-9e4f-76bae661f9ce/6e699298-8fcc-41a2-bd9d-ecb12c2b00c7_rw_1920.jpeg?h=0d07b00375369d7211836085c2c4953a)
Repeat pattern woodcut print
![Diplodocus skull - woodblock print](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/e6dbbca0-cacd-4c8b-9e4f-76bae661f9ce/08b89d90-65f3-4bed-9b92-08cdcea8d74a_rw_1920.jpeg?h=3062abb2761fc28a047eb80f195ac8f4)
Diplodocus skull - woodblock print
![T-Rex Skull - papercut monoprint 1](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/e6dbbca0-cacd-4c8b-9e4f-76bae661f9ce/d57e7e22-449a-4844-ac06-3d272e8d375e_rw_1200.jpeg?h=7c6565ca8a42f5b819679a617d8597ef)
T-Rex Skull - papercut monoprint 1
![T-Rex Skull - papercut monoprint 2](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/e6dbbca0-cacd-4c8b-9e4f-76bae661f9ce/ac6ee4e6-5121-4da9-9939-56826f848944_rw_1200.jpeg?h=410aa3330ae861954228a7bbb9210a6e)
T-Rex Skull - papercut monoprint 2
![T-Rex Skull - papercut monoprint deconstructed 1](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/e6dbbca0-cacd-4c8b-9e4f-76bae661f9ce/64444fde-5237-4652-b9b3-bcec552e3d79_rw_1200.jpeg?h=4842b27f340c5abf210f7cfb2a2d7677)
T-Rex Skull - papercut monoprint deconstructed 1
![T-Rex Skull - papercut monoprint deconstructed 2](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/e6dbbca0-cacd-4c8b-9e4f-76bae661f9ce/ca56aece-40fd-42b1-b96b-03c306b2cd39_rw_1200.jpeg?h=532938c382a44ac150e08edd98f219a7)