The copperplate is first coated with an acid resistant substance called the etching ground through which the design is drawn with a sharp tool.
Solar plate etching technique.
A brief history of photographic etching and its terminology.
Solarplate process etching using dan weldon s method.
He was the inventor of this printmaking technique.
Paper types tools and materials in intaglio printing.
A light sensitive metal plate is etched through the action of ultraviolet light enabling a wide range of tones to be bitten into the plate.
Gently scrub the entire image with a soft solarplate brush for.
Etching using solar plates is a technique which emerged from the early days of photographic engraving.
Solarplate is a light sensitized steel backed polymer material used by artists as an alternative to hazardous printing techniques.
Cool water is used instead of acid.
An eco friendly alternative to traditional etching traditional etching is a printmaking process that dates back 500 years.
Step three rinse plate in water.
Printmaking with solarplate is a simple approach and safer alternative to traditional etching and relief printing.
As a method of printmaking it is along with engraving the most important technique for old master prints and remains in wide use today.
Dan explains how it works.
Unfortunately it is not a very environmentally friendly technique as it involves sheets of metal usually made of copper or zinc and acid used to etch the print onto the metal.
Etching is traditionally the process of using strong acid or mordant to cut into the unprotected parts of a metal surface to create a design in intaglio incised in the metal.
You can create a piece of artwork on a transparent film.
Never use the double exposure technique for relief plates.
In modern manufacturing other chemicals may be used on other types of material.
There currently is a discussion how to improve safe handling and protective measures for artists using solar plate type plates.
This technique is another version of photographic etching in which a prepared solar plate is exposed to u v.
The ground is usually a compound.
Solarplate is a prepared light sensitive polymer surface on a steel backing for artists to produce fine prints.
Etching a method of making prints from a metal plate usually copper into which the design has been incised by acid.
Light through specially prepared digital imagery and developed in water.
Overlay it on a solarplate and expose the film and plate together in the sun.
Always test before using large plates.