You can create a piece of artwork on a transparent film.
Solar plate printing process.
She resides in adelaide australia where she exhibits her work conducts workshops writes and makes prints.
Solarplate is a prepared light sensitive polymer surface on a steel backing for artists to produce fine prints.
Solar plate printmaking or polymer etch is a relatively new print process that enables images to be established onto metal plates by exposure to light using sunlight or an ultra violet light source.
Solar plate printing was the process past resident monica lacey worked with while staying with us last summer.
Pauline muir developed the double exposure technique with solarplate using a random dot screen which is a refinement of the original process.
This post is going to show you the steps for printing solar plates through genna s wedding invitation.
Thank you for sharing your process.
The washout process is a substitution for the etch process in traditional intaglio.
Since dan welden s development of the process in the 1970s printmakers painters photographers and art teachers interested in multiple impressions have found printmaking with solarplate an exciting adventure.
I have worked a lot with solar plates and have the book printmaking in the sun.
Solar plate printmaking or polymer etch is a relatively new print process that enables images to be established onto metal plates by exposure to light using sunlight or an ultra violet light source.
It was quite a while back so don t remember the cost.
Unlike traditional etching techniques no.
Two minutes or longer for a single exposure without the screen or 5 10 minutes for a relief plate.
I think i purchased my aquatint screen through mcclain s.
Overlay it on a solarplate and expose the film and plate together in the sun.
Solarplate is a light sensitized steel backed polymer material used by artists as an alternative to hazardous printing techniques.
It is a great book.
Solar plates are a simple safe and fast approach to etching and relief printing that does not use grounds acids or solvents.
The plates are developed by washing in water and can be printed as intaglio or relief prints.
Cool water is used instead of acid.
Gently scrub the entire image with a soft solarplate brush for about 1 minute for the double exposure.
Solar plate first print and process.
Carol i love your print.
Effectively you re transferring a drawn image to the plate and the plate can be used to print either in relief or intaglio.