Tag: solar plate printing
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Reworking and combining old printmaking plates can often produce surprising results.
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This project has developed to incorporate 3 distinct print methods to produce the imagery: solar plate etching, drypoint and linocut. Each was applied to Japanese…
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Late last year I visited MONA, the Museum of Old and New Art, in Tasmania. It was a fascinating experience and I was particularly enchanted…
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A while ago I created a very successful deeply etched solar plate image which was exhibited in April. Last month two friends and I were…
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A couple of weeks ago I was searching through my somewhat disorganised sketchbooks for something to translate into a photopolymer intaglio print (a solar plate…
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Take two products … Last year I invested in several new stencils. In theory I could have cut some of them myself but the strain…
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I’ve now completed printing the remaining solar plates featuring Banksia designs that I was given. These are currently being dried ready to be formed into…
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Since my last post regarding the etched solar plates I was recently given I’ve been experimenting with different papers and colourways to see what effects…
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Late last year a friend gave me 2 etched solar plates depicting collages of Banksias taken from her own photos. I printed these for her…
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. . . until you find a solution With 28 images individually printed onto handmade paper (see stage 1 here), collated and ready to be…
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The goal: To turn solid shapes into line drawings, create variations on the theme and translate these into a workable design to print. Stage 1…
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Sepia & a touch of black + 40% translucent on 250gsm Dutch etching paper Sepia & a touch of black, with slight blue highlight in…
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In 2014 I toured New Zealand and visited Hobbiton, the village created for the movie The Hobbit. I, personally, thought the movie was only average…
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Whilst I’m still working on my hand-painting for Elian and the Vortex, he is off on another dream adventure. As per last time, I will…
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Combining the plates: In my last post I posed the question ‘Is it too much to ask to be able to prepare 2 plates, add…
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Plate 2: Solar Plate This plate will be printed underneath the previous zinc plate. That was made first to enable me to assess correct placement…