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Chine colle: "One purpose is to allow the printmaker to print on a much more delicate surface, such as Japanese paper or linen, which pulls finer details off the plate. Another purpose is to provide a background color behind the image that is different from the surrounding backing sheet." (Wikipedia)

This is a chine-colle and drawing piece that I did for a class of mine. It took approximately 12-20 hours of studio and out of studio work to complete.

I chine-colle'd the colored Japanese papers and then drew on top of that.

I went to class today to show that I was finished a week early and my professor simply said that he wanted to see more. So I am going to be doing two more.

Japanese papers on 22x30" cotton rag paper with ink.


Model/stock credit goes to ~NikxStock


Also categorized under monotype only because there isnt a chine colle category under Traditional Print.
*EDIT* Changed category to Lino because the background "wallpaper" is a linoleum cut.