Intaglio : acrylic-resist etching, collagraphy, engraving, drypoint, mezzotint : the complete safety-first system for creative printmaking / Robert Adam, Carol Robertson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Adam, Robert.

Contributor:

Robertson, Carol.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intaglio printing.

Prints--Technique.

Prints.

Physical Description:

240 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Other Title:

Complete safety-first system for creative printmaking

Place of Publication:

London : Thames & Hudson, 2007.

Contents:

How Intaglio Printmaking Developed

The origins of intaglio 8

The innovators and their techniques 8

The Move Towards Safer Working Methods

Traditional intaglio techniques and their implications for health, safety and the environment 27

Plates and traditional plate preparation methods 27

Traditional resists, their solvents and etching the plate 27

Traditional collagraphic plate-making 31

Traditional inks and their solvents 31

Sourcing information about chemicals and their correct use 32

How chemicals enter the body 33

High-risk groups 34

A complete safer intaglio system 34

Planning and Equipping a Studio for Intaglio Printmaking

Planning the studio 37

Equipping the studio 40

General studio facilities and equipment 40

Equipment and workstation for direct intaglio methods 46

Equipment and workstations for acrylic-resist etching methods 47

Equipment and workstation for collagraph methods 50

Equipment and facilities for light-sensitive intaglio methods 50

Workstations for making positives 51

Equipment and facilities for printing 52

Good studio practice 56

Personal equipment 58

The Principles of Intaglio Printmaking

The artist's concept 59

Making an intaglio plate 60

Subtractive methods 60

Additive methods 63

Combined intaglio methods 63

Printing from the plate 63

Preparing the Plate

Selecting plate materials 66

Cutting and filing plates 69

Cleaning and de-oxidizing plates 70

Graining the plate surface 71

Polishing the plate surface 75

Degreasing and rinsing plates 78

Direct Intaglio Methods

Engraving 82

Drypoint 86

Mezzotint 90

Scraping and burnishing 93

Repoussage 94

Air-abrading techniques, including the use of light-sensitive and other masks 94

Etching

The etching process and the use of resists 96

Etching working practice checklist 98

Plate-backing resists 99

Types of plate-backing resist and their application methods 100

Hard resists 102

Making a guide drawing 103

Drawing into the resist 103

Working into the resist to create broad open areas 104

Types of hard resist and their application methods 105

Soft resists 110

Creating collage-type impressions 111

The classical offsetting drawing method 113

Drawing directly into the soft resist 115

Types of soft resist and their application methods 115

Stop-out resist and controlling tone 119

Painting methods 120

Drawing into the stop-out resist 121

Correcting or editing an image 121

Stopping out and the stage-biting process 122

Types of stop-out resist 123

Creating tonal structures and the aquatint method 124

Using the puncturing method 125

Creating a scrobiculated surface using soft resist 126

Creating an etched ink-holding grid using soft resist 127

Creating an aquatint 128

Types of acrylic resist for aquatint 136

Wash resists 138

Painting methods 138

Types of wash resist 140

Photoresists 140

Lamination method 142

Exposing the photoresist 144

Developing the photoresist 146

Curing, drying, etching or working the plate further 148

Other types of resist 148

Oily resists 148

Waterproof marker pens 150

Photocopy transfers 150

Adhesive tapes 151

Etching the plate 151

Mordants 151

Mordants which are not recommended 152

Mordants which are recommended 154

Collagraphy

Collagraphy 162

Creating fine linear work 164

Creating contour lines 166

Creating textures, tones and patterns 167

Creating, lines, washes and tonal areas with carborundum 172

Creating mezzotint effects and pale tones 173

Using screenprinting techniques 176

Photocollagraphy 176

Using dry film photoresist to create photocollagraph plates 177

Using flexographic water-washable photopolymer plates as photocollagraphs 179

Positives

Using positives in light-sensitive intaglio printmaking 181

Substrates and materials used for positives 181

Autographic positives 181

Photographic positives 189

Digital positives 190

Photocopy positives 191

Halftone contact screens 191

Colour separation and process printing 192

Inking-Up and Printing Methods

Approaches to printing 193

The intaglio inking-up and printing method 193

A la poupee 198

Embossing 198

Chine colle 199

Roll-over and viscosity printing methods 201

Monotypes 203

Combining intaglio with other media 206

Registration methods 208

Inks and additives 210

Making inks for intaglio methods 212

Removing Resists, Collagraph Materials and Inks from the Plate

Sodium carbonate stripping solution 214

Lascaux Remover and Mystrol 215

Vegetable oil 215

Printing Substrates

Paper 217

Preparing the paper for printing 219

Other substrates and printing into plaster 220

Collating and Presenting Intaglio Prints

Collating intaglio prints 222

Presenting intaglio prints 224

Storing plates 224

International Suppliers of Materials 230.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9780500513439

0500513430

OCLC:

76362144