17. Stone Paper Monoprints

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While you could technically call any inkjet transfer a monoprint, I prefer to reserve that term for more complex works of art. Creating monoprints is a classic printmaking technique where a matrix is used to create an image on a smooth surface that then allows each print to contain slight differences. The matrix is like a plate—it’s the repeatable part of the process. In our case, that’s the digital file. But what you do to the matrix for each print is what makes it a monoprint.

Monoprints are often made in editions, since the source image is the same, but each print in the edition is slightly (or very) different. For ...

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