Printmaking in the Sun Book

	Introduction
	Traditional printmaking
	What is solarplate?
1.	Equipment and Material for Making Solarplates	15
	About solarplate	16
	Examining solarplate	16
	Handling solarplate	17
	Buying solarplate	18
	Storing solarplate	18
	Working with the plate	18
	Cutting plates	18
	Material for preparing images	20
	Drawing materials	20
	Drawing films and other transparent material	21
	Equipment for exposing	23
	Contact frame	23
	Talc	23
	Timer	24
	Protective gear	24
	Equipment for developing	25
	Trays and sinks	25
	Brushes	25
	Blotting cloths	25
	Thermometer	25
	Dryers	25
2.	Material and Equipment for Printing	27
	General equipment	28
	Protective gear	28
	Tweezers and metal file	28
	Newsprint	28
	Ink slab	28
	Inking knives and spatulas	28
	Inking board	28
	Material for relief printing	29
	Relief inks	29
	Rollers	29
	Material for intaglio printing	31
	Intaglio inks	31
	Ink modifiers	31
	Cardboard scrapers and applicators	32
	Tarlatan and telephone books	32
	Printing papers	33
	Origins	33
	Composition	33
	Characteristics	35
	Storage	36
	Types	36
	Equipment for printing	37
	Hand printing	37
	Presses	37
	Press bed	38
	Blankets	38
	Tissue paper	38
	Drying station	38
	Cleaning up	39
3.	Preparing a Relief Image	41
	Drawing methods	42
	Opaque film	42
	Inked film	43
	Transparent film	43
4.	Making and Printing a Relief Plate	45
	Making a test strip	47
	Preparing	48
	Exposing	48
	Developing	51
	Printing	52
	Making the final plate	53
	Preparing the plate	53
	Making a registration sheet	53
	Preparing paper	53
	Printing the plate	54
	Experimenting	54
	Altering the washout time	54
	Using damp paper	54
	Experimenting with rollers	55
	Blind embossing	56
	Hand printing	57
5.	Preparing an Intaglio Image	59
	Drawing on film	60
	Textured film	61
	Drafting film	61
	Tracing paper	62
	Other transparent material	63
	Using a photocopier	64
	Black and white photocopiers	64
	Color photocopiers	66
	Drawing on glass	67
	Clear glass	67
	Grained and sandblasted glass	67
	Graining glass	68
	Drawing on glass	69
	Working directly on the plate	71
	Ink and paint	71
	Found objects	72
6.	Making and Printing an Intaglio Plate	75
	Making a test strip	76
	Preparing	76
	Exposing	79
	Developing	79
	Printing	80
	Making the final plate	81
	Preparing the plate	81
	Making a registration sheet	81
	Preparing paper	81
	Printing the plate	84
	Experimenting	85
	Modifying the plate tone	85
	Working directly on the plate	86
	Altering the exposure time	87
	Hybridizing images	87
	Using a pre-exposure flash	88
	Using single exposures	90
7.	Exposure	93
	Exposing in the sun	94
	Sensitivity to UV light	94
	Solar exposures	94
	The Stouffer Wedge	95
	Exposing indoors	96
	Making a UV light box	96
	Problem solving	97
	Exposing in a commercial unit	98
	Buying a metal halide exposure unit	98
	Using a commercial unit	98
	Problem solving	99
8.	Digital Images and Photogravure	101
	Digital images	102
	Halftones	102
	Terminology	102
	Computer technology	103
	Memory	103
	Software	104
	Peripheral devices	104
	Printers	105
	High resolution film	106
	Color photocopiers	106
	Preparing a digital image for a relief print	106
	Scanning images	106
	Printing film	107
	Making and printing a plate	107
	Preparing a digital image for an intaglio print	108
	Scanning images	108
	Printing film	108
	Printing a plate	109
	Preparing a digital image for a multiple-plate color print	110
	The process camera	111
	Photopolymer gravure	111
	Making a film positive	111
	Creating a film positive	113
	Making and printing a solarplate	113
9.	Color Printing	115
	Proofing	116
	Reworking the plate	117
	Polishing and sanding	117
	Using a drypoint needle	117
	Lino and woodcutting tools	118
	Carborundum printing	118
	Shaping plates	118
	Multiple-plate printing	119
	Planning a print	119
	Registering plates	121
	Relief intaglio	122
	Viscosity printing	122
	Relief plate hand painted with intaglio	123
	A la poupee	124
	Hand coloring	124
	Monoprinting	125
	Chine colle	126
	Mixed print techniques	127
	Editioning	127
10.	Safety and the Working Environment	129
	Working safely	130
	Safety resources	130
	Safety concepts	130
	Terminology	131
	Preparing images	131
	Drawing materials	131
	Photocopiers	132
	Computers	133
	Photogravure	133
	Working with solarplate	133
	Ultraviolet light	133
	Chemicals	134
	Printing	135
	Working with inks	135
	Using solvents	136
	Reworking the plate	136
	Environmental data	136
	Resources: Safety and the Working Environment	137
	Books
	Web pages
	Health and safety organizations
	Glossary	138
	Selected reading	141
	Suppliers	142
	Index	144