Etching by goldsmiths and other metal workers in order to decorate metal items such as guns armour cups and plates has been known in europe since the middle ages at least and may go back to antiquity.
Solar plate etching.
Plates should be handled carefully so as not to damage the plate surface.
Solar plate etching is a prepared light sensitive polymer surface on a steel backed plate used to produce fine photographic reproductions with great detail.
Solarplate resins are designed to be flexible.
Solarplate is a prepared light sensitive polymer surface on a steel backing for artists to produce fine prints.
Solarplate is a light sensitized steel backed polymer material used by artists as an alternative to hazardous printing techniques.
As a consequence of this the unexposed plate surface is soft and can be damaged during plate handling or from foreign matter on the film.
Solar plates are a simple safe and fast approach to etching and relief printing that does not use grounds acids or solvents.
Since dan welden s development of the process in the 1970s printmakers painters photographers and art teachers.
Learn how to prepare your artwork expose and print from your solar plate in this two day course.
Printmaking with solarplate is a simple approach and safer alternative to traditional etching and relief printing.
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.