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
www.suzannemasksglobal.blogspot.com