printmaking final project: accordion books!

Here are photos from my final project for printmaking! I created an accordion book that was a combination of lithography, monoprinting, screen printing, and ink.

I used a mixture of toner, emulsion, water, salt, and alcohol to create this pattern on a Pronto plate (plastic sheet used in place for a lithography stone) which is what I used to print my image. 

Here is my giant ink roller, plate, and water/gum arabic mixture used for printing. My plate started fading the more that I printed unfortunately. 

The two images above show my five best prints that I used to make each accordion book.

I then added monoprint layers of watercolor and metallic acrylic ink washes. 

I then added colored pencil to each plate, a different color for each. My goal was to try and make each plate resemble a nebula.

No book is complete without text, and I added this line to mine with a screen print. "You are nowhere."

I then added dots of white ink to recreate the look of stars in my nebulae. 

I covered each book in this awful space fabric that I bought at SAS and folded each into an accordion to finish. I am really happy with how this turned out. I think they are beautiful little pocket sized universes and I am proud of my first handmade books. It was a great way to end my semester.