For my individual collagraph prints I use Carborundum to create the lines and shading. Carborundum is the ‘grit’ used to make sandpaper and by mixing it in a variety of ratios with glue and painting it onto a printing plate which is then inked up, tonal ranges can be created producing a relatively painterly print. I add colour during printing with hand made chine colle (collage) and after printing by hand colouring with pastel or watercolour.

Although the printing plate can be used many times I only make around 10 prints and experiment with the colours and chine colle so that every print is individual.