Two inks.
Many ways through.
Paper experiments by Tess Rowan, Norwich. Circles, blocks, and the good trouble of lining them up.
A small table is enough
I make two-colour prints at the kitchen table in Norwich. Everything has to be cleared away before dinner, which has turned out to be a useful design constraint. I work with a few simple shapes, a limited stack of paper, and the possibility that the second colour will land somewhere slightly unexpected.
The print shown here began as a rectangle with a circular opening. Adding a second circle made it feel less like a window and more like a conversation between two objects. I kept moving the shapes until the overlap became the part I cared about. The white space finally started to feel deliberate rather than merely unused.
I enjoy prints that show their making without becoming an account of every mistake. A small misalignment can give a shape energy; a large one usually goes into the scrap folder. The print table page follows that choice through a complete little study. Read about Tess for the person behind the paper piles and the very firm rule about putting the table back.