Chine Collé Print: Poppies

During tonight's art class we were working on more print making techniques.  One which I had particular success with was Chine-collé. This technique involves two (at least) pieces of paper - one is your normal heavyweight print paper, the other is a fine paper like tissue paper or rice paper.  First you cover the damp printing paper with paste, then lay a piece of fine/decorative paper onto the damp printing paper. Next, you place your plate onto the paper, and then roll everything through a printing press.

For my first piece, I put some watercolour washes onto tissue paper, and then pulled the print. Here is the result:

Welsh Poppies, 15 x 15cm (6 x 6")

More images will follow once I have scanned them in. :)