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Silk Aquatint Monoprints Series
The Painterly Printmaker
ELLEN PLISKIN creates silk aquatint monoprints by attaching silk to a plexiglass plate, drawing on that plate
with waterbased crayons and printing ink. The image is then transferred by laying a piece of paper on the
painted surface and then by applying pressure, running the plate through a hand-cranked press. "Each time
I create the image, it's a handmade original. A monotype is a printmaker's painting," she explains. "All
the prints to some extent are extensions of the work I do in painting."
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