Copper plate photogravure demystifying the process
Copper Plate Photogravure describes in comprehensive detail the technique of traditional copper plate photogravure as would be practiced by visual artists using normally available facilities and materials. Attention is paid to step-by-step guidance through the many stages of the process. A detailed...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Boston :
Focal Press
c2003.
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| Edición: | 1st edition |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009627437106719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1. A Brief History; Origins; Artist-Practitioners; Chapter 2. Making the Film Positive; The Process; Equipment and Supplies; Procedure; Contrast Range; Summary; Troubleshooting; Chapter 3. Sensitizing the Gelatin Tissue; Equipment and Supplies; Preparatory Steps; Sensitizing the Tissue; Summary; Troubleshooting; Chapter 4. Preparing the Copper; Equipment and Supplies; Procedure; Summary; Troubleshooting; Chapter 5. Exposing the Gelatin Tissue; Equipment and Supplies; Procedure; Summary; Troubleshooting
- A Note on Using Screens or Applying Dust-Grain Aquatints; Chapter 6. Adhering and Developing the Gelatin Tissue; Required Solutions; Equipment and Supplies Setup; Procedure; Summary; Troubleshooting; Chapter 7. Preparing to Etch; Preparing the Ferric Chloride; Summary; Staging the Plate; Summary; Chapter 8. Etching the Plate; The Process; Equipment and Supplies; Procedure; Summary; Troubleshooting; Chapter 9. The Printing Process; Papers; Inks and Additives; Solvents; Inking and Wiping Supplies; The Intaglio Press, Press Blankets, and Blotters; Making the First Proof; Summary; Troubleshooting
- Reworking the Plate; Editioning the Print; Chapter 10. Alternative and Historic Methods and Materials; Altering Positives by Hand; Digital Positives; Direct Gravure; Saving a Thin Positive; Stripping Alternative; Sensitizer Additives; Alternative Dichromates and Concentrations; Alternative Ways to Adhere Tissue to Plexiglas and Copper; Aquatints: Rosin vs. Asphaltum; Applying an Asphaltum Aquatint; Applying a Rosin Aquatint; The Dry Lay-Down Method of Adhering Gelatin Tissue to the Plate; Alternative Materials for Staging the Plate; Steel Facing the Plate
