{{Short description|Printmaking process}} {{About|the printmaking process|the photographic process|Collotype|decorative writing|Calligraphy}} thumb|Collagraphs demonstrating both relief and intaglio-inking. '''Collagraphy''' (sometimes spelled '''collography''') is a printmaking process in which materials are glued or sealed to a rigid substrate (such as paperboard or wood) to create a plate.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Zeng |first=Natasha |date=2015-12-17 |title=Experiments in Truth: Collagraph Printmaking, Environmental Stewardship, School Psychology, Social Change, and Virtues & Vices |url=http://magazine.wheaton.edu/stories/2016-winter-experiments-in-truth-collagraph-printmaking-environmental-stewardship-school-psychology-social-change-and-virtues-vices |access-date=2023-12-05 |website=Wheaton Magazine |language=en}}</ref> Once inked, the plate becomes a tool for imprinting the design onto paper or another medium. The resulting print is termed a '''collagraph'''. left|thumb|Examples of collagraph plates using a variety of materials The term "collagraph" was coined by Glen Alps in the 1950s, and is derived from the Greek word ''koll'' or ''kolla'', meaning glue, and ''graph'', meaning the activity of drawing.<ref name="MacKenzie-2019">{{Cite book |last=MacKenzie |first=Susie |title=Making Collagraph Prints |publisher=Crowood Press |year=2019 |isbn=9781785005824 |oclc=1112656269}}</ref>
Artists use a variety of materials in collagraphy, including yarn, fabric, tape, different varieties of cut paper or card, leaves, feathers, and acrylic mediums.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008 |title=Collagraph Printmaking [Lesson Plan] |url=https://cdn.dick-blick.com/lessonplans/collagraph-printmaking/collagraph-printmaking-collagraph-printmaking.pdf |archive-url= |website=Dick Blick}}</ref><ref name="MacKenzie-2019" /> The application of ink onto the collagraph plate is versatile, consisting of intaglio-inking into recesses, brayer or paintbrush inking onto relief surfaces, or a combination of these methods. A print can be made with, or without use of a press.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Oldfield |first=Vicky |title=Mixed-Media Collagraph Prints: Creative Techniques |publisher=Crowood Press |year=2023 |isbn=9780719841071 |oclc=1391439355}}</ref>
==See also== *Carborundum printmaking *Beatrice Winn Berlin
==References== {{Commons category|Collography|Collagraphy}} {{Reflist}}
== Further reading == {{Refbegin}} * {{cite book |title=Collagraphs and Mixed-Media Printmaking |author1=Brenda Hartill |author2=Richard Clarke |year=2005 |ref=Hartill & Clarke, Collagraphs }} * {{cite book |title=Intaglio: Acrylic-Resist Etching, Collagraphy, Engraving, Drypoint, Mezzotint |author1=Robert Adam |author2=Carol Robertson |year=2008 |ref=Adam & Robertson, Intaglio }} * {{cite book |title=Collagraph Printmaking |author=Mary Ann Wenniger |year=1981 |isbn= |ref=Wenniger, Collagraph Printmaking }} * {{cite book |title=The Complete Collagraph: The Art and Technique of Printmaking from Collage Plates |author1=Clare Romano |author2=John Ross |year=1980 |ref=Romano & Ross, Complete Collagraph }} * {{cite book |title=Collagraph Printmaking |author=Donald Stoltenberg |year=1975 |isbn= |ref=Stoltenberg, Collagraph Printmaking }} {{Refend}}
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