ART & PRINTMAKING
About The Process
“Search for basic shapes and forms of being. My work is ultimately instinctive. Different viewers will certainly see different things. Without the dimension of the interpretation, any image would be meaningless, but I try to maintain as much as I can of the autonomy of the picture. An artist must dare to step into the darkness and trust his intuition.”
- Juho Karjalainen about printmaking (2005)
The plate is positioned to the bed of the press. The beforehand moistened printing paper and flexible wool blankets are placed to the plate.
A completed Print. The paper has still to be corrected by drying (several ways to do so). The printing ink, especially in thick layer, requires several days for drying thoroughly.