Katie Allen – Strange Journeys.

More striking work by my super talented friend, UK illustrator Katie Allen. This surreal collagraph imagery was created in response to a series of New Scientist articles about human sleep and consciousness. See more of Katie’s collagraph works here. And read my recent interview with her right here. Katie is always experimenting with new techniques like this and with beautiful continuity throughout, reflecting her fresh low tech, graphic aesthetic.

>> See more on Katie’s website + flickr

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For those unfamiliar with collagraphy (like most people), I’ve included a general description below. It should be noted that Katie has created her own prints by carving her designs into mount-board, in a similar manner to how you would create a lino print by carving into the linoleum block.

A collagraph print is a collage printmaking technique and is a form of intaglio printing. The collagraph plate is printed in the same way as etchings, but also includes the basic principle of relief printing and can be printed either as intaglio or relief.

The term collagraph refers to a collage board where the materials are assembled on a flat base or plate (matrix) to form a relief block with different surface levels and textures. The word is derived from the Greek word koll or kollo, meaning glue and graph, meaning the activity of drawing.

Collagraph plates are created by sticking and gluing materials like textured paper or fabric onto the plate and then coating it with varnish or acrylic medium to protect the materials.

The plate can be made from wood plates or cardboard plates that you build up using different materials.

(via Artist Terms + Wikipedia)

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