Monoprints

MONOPRINTS WITH CHINE COLLE

Suzanne Benton began evolving her style of
monoprint-making (one-of-a-kind prints) with
Chine collé (glued paper collage) in 1983
while working as a resident artist in Köln,
Germany. Inspired by her art-working world
travels, she’s created series of monoprints on
Indian, Hebrew, Medieval and Turkish
miniature and manuscript painting; South
Asian Folk Art; Korean Lore and Legend;
The Renaissance; Russian Icons; Greek
mythology; 19th Century Women Writers,
Educators and Feminist Activists; North and
West Africa; Afro-Americans; and Native
Americana. Benton's commissioned
monoprints incorporate family portraits and
landscape imagery

On the technical side, she works with a 30"x
50" Charles Brand press. The collé papers
are hand-made, pre-inked and hand-painted.
The collographic printing plates are inked
individually for each print, and allow for the
embossing of a complex texture onto the
prints. Images and collé papers are coated
with an archival book-binding glue and placed
on the plate. These papers then adhere to the
sheet of etching paper as the plate and paper
are run through the etching press. The
resultant monoprints range in size from 8"x
10" to 36"x 26."

suzanne @suzannemasks.com