I experimented with printing the first board in white ink onto coloured paper, the second board in black, and then stencilling a circle for the sun.
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It's difficult to get enough ink onto the uneven surface of the collagraph plate; you can see how the density increases with successive prints, but it's possible to have some control over this with careful burnishing.
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All: Collagraph on paper, A5.