Jan Blemmings is a painter and printmaker who is just as much at home whether painting outdoors as well as in her studio. Read more –>

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Jan Blemming BA – Born UK 1951

Blemming is a painter and printmaker who enjoys painting outdoors and working in her studio in Southsea. Originally studying Dress, Design and Textiles, specialising in printed textiles Blermming has worked as a printmaker for many years. Working as a full time artist she has had time to develop her oil painting.

Blemming studied full time at Bath College and part time art courses at Winchester School of Art, Southampton College of Art and West Dean College.

Exhibited in a variety of group exhibitions in the South of England and short listed for the RA Summer Exhibition. Her work is held in private collections in the UK, Spain, Germany and Canada

 Printmaker

 Carborundum and dry point – Intaglio and relief method – Carborundum grit is applied to a metal plate, other lines are made directly into the plate with a sharp tool. The grit and the lines hold ink to transfer to the paper.

Etching – Intaglio print method – A wax/resin based ground is applied to the plate and dried. The image is drawn into the ground with an etching tool. The plate is then put into an etching agent, which dissolves where the ground has been removed.

Collagraph – Intaglio and relief method – mounting card is cut away, tissue is applied, shellac, paper textures are used to create the printing plate. This varied surface takes up different quantities of ink, which are reflected in the image which is transferred to the paper.

Wood cut – Relief method – the areas of the image not to be printed are cut lower than the surface of the wood board, the areas that are untouched, hold the ink and are printed.