Both intaglio and linoleum printmaking are pretty intensive. In both, it can take a long time to draw or carve out an image. Once you’ve made a mark, you are stuck with it. The best thing to do is either figure out how to make the mistake work for the piece, or start over. Intaglio prints, when using wax, can be sensitive to heat and cold. So when traveling from school to home and back on my bicycle, I have to be careful to not expose the plate to either temperature extreme. Then when it comes to printing with a press, you can run through over twenty prints in an attempt to get one that is perfect. Despite these troubles, I found that these are mediums that I enjoy working with. I don’t know why, but there seems to be a more rewarding feeling that comes with producing a handmade print, rather than drawing something digitally and printing on a printer.
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