Another digital image done at the same time as the previous one. I need to find out how to do solar plates as I'd love to do some prints from some of the digital work. Can prints be done without an etching press from solar prints? I wonder .....
Sunday, January 16, 2011
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My God, Vivien..this is gorgeous! I hope you figure out the solar thing.
thanks Billie :>)
me too
I think I may have to find the time and cash to rejoin the print workshop (a bit of a money pit :>( (
You can make a relief version of a solar plate that can be printed like a lino cut. You don't use the half tone screen so solid areas are washed away completely once exposed.
This and the preceding image are wonderful. I don't even know what the solar thing is, but good luck with it.
thanks Jean
and thanks Ian - I need to look into that, it sounds perfect
do you by any chance have a link to something about the process?
wow, Vivien, I love this!! It has been years since I've had time to actually catch up with my online art friends, but now I do, so expect to see more of me! I'm a full-time artist now--a little scary but what a pleasure! Hope you are well. Looking forward to staying informed on your inspiring work!
Are you familiar with the pebeo line of paints? I used their setacolor paints once in a class about surface design for fabric. These will sun print if left out with a mask over the paint. I don;t know how -- or if -- they'd work on another substrate. (I hope I've understood properly what you mean by solar printing . . . I'm not very sophisticated about these things.)
-Melanie
Hi Kim
I'd left your blog bookmarked and I was really pleased to see you blogging again - with some gorgeous work :>) I'll follow with interest
Congratulations on being a full time artist
Melanie I've heard of Pebeo but never used it. I really have to try to find time to research solar printing.
ok - links to solar printing I've found:
http://amandawatson-will.blogspot.com/2009/05/solar-powered-techniques-part-2.html
video
http://www.dickblick.com/products/solar-plate-printmaking-in-the-sun-dvd/
http://www.amazon.com/Solar-Plate-Printmaking-Sun-DVD/dp/B001PNDOQS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPKnEIH91OQ
difficulty of getting materials
http://www.sidneynolantrust.org.uk/Pros&Cons.htm
http://www.alternativephotography.com/wp/processes/photogravure/photo-intaglio-an-overview
supplies
http://www.lawrence.co.uk/acatalog/Solar_Plates.html
demo/how
http://www.nontoxicprint.com/solarplate.htm
what is ...
http://www.solarplate.com/what_is_solarplate.html
supplies/how
http://www.polymetaal.nl/siteUK/Linkdocs/Photopolymer/solarplate.htm
report on process
http://www.wetcanvas.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-294374.html
blog how to
http://elusivesprite.squarespace.com/phd_journal/tag/solar-plate
dickblick
http://www.dickblick.com/products/solarplate/
I asked Dinahmow about this today (she's in NY for a few weeks, Ilive here) and she reminded me that I was confuse dsolar plate printing with cyanotype. The pebeo setacolor paints can have a cyanotype effect.
thanks for the update :>)
These are really something, Vivien. I hope you find a way to create prints from them.
thanks Casey :>)
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