ABSTRACT
Chine-colle is a particular method of printing that combines gluing and printing the image into one step. The basic idea is this: the image is printed on a thin paper which has had paste applied to the non-printed side. The necessary evil with chine-colle is moisture. Moisture is needed to activate the paste that adheres the impression paper to the support paper. Too much moisture has the same effect that too much moisture can have in an ordinary print: mottling and other mischief. A la poupee is a printing technique where different colored inks are applied to different parts of the plate image and very carefully wiped. The name derives from the French word for ‘doll,’ because the small rounded pieces of cloth needed to apply the different inks resemble a doll’s head.
