Saturday, July 17, 2021

Intaglio Prints Created Using Solarplates[1] - Part II
Prints on Paper

Marie-Therese Wisniowski

Preamble
Just as a reminder, intaglio prints can be created using solarplates. Here UV light only penetrates the clear area of the transparency and hardens the polymer, whereas areas beneath the opaque lines of the drawing remains soluble [1] and so can be removed.
For your convenience I have listed other posts in this series:
Intaglio Prints Created Using Solarplates[1] - Part I
Intaglio Prints Created Using Solarplates[1] - Part II
Intaglio Prints Created Using Solarplates[1] - Part III


Intaglio Prints Created Using Solarplates[1] - Part II

Artist and Title: Eric Fischl, Dancers (1992).
Technique: Intaglio print.
Size: 61 x 45.7 cm.
Comment[1]: Stunning print.
Courtesy of reference [1].

Artist and Title: Tom Wasik, Self Portrait (1999).
Technique: Photopolymer gravure print.
Size: 28 x 38 cm.
Comment[1]: This plate was printed in blue/black, demonstrating that testing pays off.
Courtesy of reference [1].

Artist and Title: Dan Welden, Canyon 41 (1987).
Technique: Intalio monoprint.
Size: 45.7 x 61 cm.
Comment[1]: Dan Welden painted on to a processed plate with water-based Createx monoprinting inks and printed the plate in intaglio, achieving a very painterly effect. You can work solely with water-based inks if you wish, although the polymer will erode more quickly with water-based inks.
Courtesy of reference [1].

Artist and Title: Amy Ernst, Blue Professor (1997).
Technique: Intaglio monoprint.
Size: 38 x 28 cm.
Comment[1]: You can combine relief and intaglio inking methods on one plate. Here, Amy Ernst inked up the plate with black intaglio ink straight from the can. Then using an ink modifier, she created a transparent blue ink which she rolled on to the surface of the plate.
Courtesy of reference [1].

Artist and Title: Meredith Dean, Whispering (1999).
Technique: Intaglio print on handmade paper.
Size: 33 x 24 cm.
Comment[1]: Simple and yet an effective print. Note how the white border makes you focus on the print.
Courtesy of reference [1].

Artist and Title: Elaine Le Vassseur, Le Lark (1999).
Technique: Intaglio print.
Size: 18 x 20.5 cm.
Comment[1]: The image was printed using the viscosity technique.
Courtesy of reference [1].

Artist and Title: Ruth Leaf, The Landscape of My Mind (1998).
Technique: Intaglio prints.
Size: 18 x 14 cm.
Comment[1]: This printmakers' book is made of digital images printed in intaglio on to Somerset paper.
Courtesy of reference [1].


Artist and Title: Robyn Waghorn, 44 Smith Street (1994).
Technique: Set of 4 handmade artist printmakers' books with intaglio print images.
Size: Each image is 10 x 10 cm.
Comment[1]: Oriental papers are ideal for making artist printmakers' books because they are strong and yet delicate. Robyn Waghorn printed digital intaglio images on rice paper and fashioned them into these handmade artist printmakers' books with a concertina style pages.
Courtesy of reference [1].


Reference:
[1] D.Welden and P. Muir, Printmaking in the Sun, Watson-Guptill Publications, New York (1997).

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