Printmaking

If you’re one of those printmaking artists who loves working on new printmaking techniques, Cloth Paper Scissors has the perfect resources just for you! Printmaking can be the focal piece of your art, or it can be a decorative background that helps liven-up a piece of art. Learn more with these articles.

Printmaking in 3-D: Make Mini Mixed-Media Houses

Artist Lisa Kessler was experiencing a bout of creative block when a friend offered her some scrap lumber. She immediately envisioned the scraps as little house shapes and imagined using carving block sketches to decorate the surface of the wood! Follow Lisa’s tutorial from the May/June 2010 issue of Cloth Paper Scissors to try out…

Kitchen Table Printing: Get Creative with Monoprints!

My fondness for using recycled materials in art knows no bounds. So when we were planning the Fall 2018 issue of Cloth Paper Scissors, one article had to be included: kitchen table printing using juice boxes, from artist Roseane Viegas. Circumstances led Roseane to develop this technique, which is so brilliant that I had to…

Experiments with Cyanotype Prints

I can finally cross an item off of my summer bucket list: experimenting with cyanotype prints. It didn’t take long for me to fall head over heels in love with this process, and now my head is spinning with all kinds of ideas. This is what gets us out of bed in the morning, isn’t…

Free August Downloads: Cyanotype Images

We’ve got something to help you beat the end-of-summer doldrums—free downloads! This month we have something really fun and different to work with: cyanotype images. These beautiful indigo blue images are created with a special photo process that uses sunlight to develop pictures, and the results are unique. Lucky for you, we’ve taken all the…

Gel Printing Tutorial with Dina Wakley

I have long been enamored with printmaking in all forms. I especially love gel printing, since it’s easy and the results are so varied and interesting. The new line of gel plates done as a collaboration with Ranger Dina Wakley Media/Dylusions and Gel Press are fun because we got to choose custom sizes for the…

Nature Print Greeting Card Tutorial

Autumn’s beautiful foliage can provide such wonderful art inspiration this time of year. In this project from our September/October 2013 issue of Cloth Paper Scissors magazine, artist and printmaker Sharon Gross demonstrates how to make nature print greeting cards using fallen leaves. These cards are fun, easy to create, and each one is totally unique.…

Technique Tuesdays: Gel-Plate Printing

Gel-plate printing has taken the mixed-media world by storm. Ready-made silicone plates make it incredibly easy to create monoprints with paint, stencils, stamps, and more. A little practice is all it takes to become a pro at printing on gel plates, which can also be made from scratch. Use the following techniques to add unique touches to your…