Last layer : new methods in digital printing for photography, fine art, and mixed media

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lhotka, Bonny Pierce, Author.

Series:

Voices That Matter

Voices that matter The last layer

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Digital printing--Technique.

Digital printing.

Prints--Technique.

Prints.

Computer art.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 v.) : ill.

Edition:

1st edition

Other Title:

Voices that matter

Last Layer

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] New Riders 2013

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

In The Last Layer–the follow-up to Digital Alchemy, her successful book on alternative printmaking techniques–Bonny Lhotka teaches how to make prints that take their inspiration from early printmaking processes. In this book, Lhotka shows readers step-by-step how to create modern-day versions of anthotypes, cyanotypes, tintypes, and daguerreotypes as well as platinum and carbon prints. She also reinvents the photogravure and Polaroid transfer processes and explores and explains groundbreaking techniques for combining digital images with traditional monotype, collograph, and etching press prints. By applying these classic techniques to modern images, readers will be able to recreate the look of historical printmaking techniques and explore the limits of their creative voice. Best of all, the only equipment required is a desktop inkjet printer that uses pigment inks, and a handful of readily available materials and supplies–not the toxic chemicals once required to perform these very same processes. Leveraging her training as a traditional painter and printmaker, Bonny Lhotka brings new innovations and inventions that combine the best of centuries of printmaking technique with modern technology to create unique works of art and photography. After years of experimentation and development, these new processes allow alternative photographers, traditional printer makers, and 21st century digital artists to express their creative voice in ways never before possible.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication Page

About the Author

Artist Statement

Acknowledgments

Table of Contents

Preface

Alchemy of Printmaking

Foreword

A Layered Path

Section I: Basics

1. Introduction

Who Is This Book For?

Navigating Through This Book

Final Word

2. Materials

Image Permanence

Substrates

Precoats

Transfer Mediums

Other Materials

3. Equipment

Backups

Printers and Ink

Computers and Software

Other Equipment

Safety Equipment: Safety is Your Responsibility

4. Finding a Voice

Be Prepared

Practice

Salvaging Photographs

Body of Work

Conclusion

Section II: Aged Aluminum Plates

5. Introduction to Aged Plates

Preparing the Plates

Stacking the Plates

Cooking the Plates

Combining the Preparing, Stacking, and Cooking Methods

6. Vintage Tintypes Transfer

About the Transfer to Aged Plates Process

Creative Options

7. Direct Imaging to Aged Plates

About Direct Imaging to Aged Plates

Variation: White Crackle Plate

8. Gallery of Work: Aged Plates

Section III: Transformed by Light

9. Introduction to Photosensitive Processes

Overview

Light

Digital Negative or Positive

Negatives for Silver Halide

10. Photopolymer Plate Process

About the Solarplate Process

11. Chlorophyll Emulsion Process

About the Chlorophyll Emulsion Process

12. Flow Blue Fabric Process

About the Inkodye Process

13. Gallery of Work: Transformed by Light

Section IV: Creative Substrates

14. Introduction to Creative Substrates

Layering

Flexible Substrates

Mica Pigments

15. Transfers to Flexible Substrates

About Transfer to Foil

About Transfer to Silk

Conclusion.

16. Mixed Media Layered Transfers

About the Mixed Media Layered Transfer

Variation: Birch Box Mixed Media

17. Stone Paper Monoprints

About the Stone Paper Monoprint Edition

18. Pearloid Transfer to Glass

About the Pearloid Transfer Process

19. Gallery of Work: Creative Substrates

Section V: Finishing up and New Work

20. Postcoats and Finishing

Postcoats

Mounting and Installation

21. Gallery of Work: New Techniques

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9780133373004

0133373002

9780133372991

0133372995

OCLC:

850706671