Yesterday in my printmaking class, I made my first batch of monoprints. Basically, you work ink on plexiglass, and once you are done manipulating it, you transfer your result onto paper. It's a much more dynamic way of creating prints (compared to etching), and I find the process relaxing yet energizing. Although I still have to get used to moving the ink around with rollers and q-tips. My friend Shalimar made an interesting comment about monoprints (which is also applicable to street art): she said she deeply respects artists that make art that will eventually be destroyed/eroded by either the natural processes of nature or the ravages of man. This printing technique surely tests those limits for me, and hopefully it will make me a better artist in the the long run.
