yvonne elvin - collagraph, linocut
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Yvonne likes to explore the multi-texured surfaces of collagraphs and the bold shapes made by cutting into lino blocks.
Natural features of landscape such as rock formations and fossils, together with a life-long interest in birds, form the basis of Yvonne's printmaking.
sun moon birds, linocut |
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Yvonne is currently studying for her MA Fine Arts at York St John University, her degree is in Fine Art Printmaking, Staffordshire University. She worked in the print industry as a graphic designer and printer.
"Collagraphs and lino cuts are my preferred media. I enjoy making collagraph plates by building up layers of adhesives, using tools to form a variety of marks and textures. The malleable, sometimes unpredictable nature of the materials affords exciting ways of working. The process of inking the plates bears some similarity to painting, and gives collagraph prints a richness and depth of colour, as well as an embossed finish. By contrast, cutting into lino blocks is a more direct method of making images, well suited to clean lines and to flat blocks of colour".