I’ve been working on 3″ plates – they’re so tiny it’s quite a change for me.
four small plates
It’s quite a trick to do multiple plates with chine-colle! The paper has to be laid down quickly and accurately on each plate and then the plates have to be lined up perfectly.
off just a bit
The one above has too much space between the plates and one plate is off jut enough to be bothersome.
off a bit more...
This one has the right amount of space between plates, but the top right went off on it’s own. Very frustrating after all that work.
I tried layout glue, but that was a disaster – worked like real glue and I had trouble getting the plates unstuck from the registration plate. I think I’ll try putting some ink on the back of the plates next time.
Here’s one that worked:
triptych