What a wonderful week, lots of sunshine, lots of fun work done in the studio, and even positive politics!
I am so in love with what I do for a profession. An Artist Printmaker gets to experiment and play with all sorts of different ideas for one idea. This week "One With Copper" was in the studio mucking about with ImagOn, Acrylic grounds, and etching solutions that do not have any toxic fumes. I took lots of pictures to help tell the story.
In the first group of pictures I did a repeat pattern with fossilized leaves bought at the craft store. I exposed the leaves using ImagOn, developed the plate in the soda ash solution to strip the lines down to the copper. In the next step the plate was aquatinted with Badger Acrylic solution for printmakers. Next the plate was etched in the Edinburgh etching solution invented by Friedhard Kiekeben. The etched copper plate is so beautiful.
In the second grouping of photos the first photo may seem uninteresting, but is extremely important. Don't forget to put a backing on your plate after you sand and clean! I took my cut-out image of Eliza and transferred it to my copper plate in reverse for printing. Using a sharpie marker as a stop out, Eliza was filled in so that she would not hold any ink (some neat faint texture will happen). The next step I put a ground on by roller, some areas over lapping to give lighter and darker etched areas. There are so many ways to play with the Graphic Chemical w/s black #1659c when using it as a hard and soft ground. I did get a bit carried away with this plate and started painting with the roller on the plate. Now I have to wait for awhile till it dries in order to etch the plate.
The third group of photos: You can see the plate I am talking about in the top photos. It is the two Eliza's holding hands of Love. OK, it is Valentines soon. Again I used the sharpie marker as a stop out; then rolled the w/s ink#1659c over the plate. I wanted something different in the figures, so I used a wet paint brush to loosen up the ink to make a wash effect. The wonderful thing about all this is that after etching, scrub with soap and water! The plates are so beautiful inked up or clean. By this time next year I will have to decide if I want to have color in the lines of the plate or leave them clean for the sculpture. I am looking forward to the end and enjoying the adventure of not knowing how it will all end up looking like.
I was sorting through old plates and decided to throw an old plate to strip the ImagOn off; in with my leaf triangles. It did not strip hardly at all after all day, so just for fun I put it in the aluminum etching solution of copper sulphate. Then I forgot about it.
I really like what happened and wish the photos could show you the real amount of ink on the paper. Before I put it aside, I want to do a relief print of it. It is all for fun and exploring possibilities.
The original plate and print was called "Here let Me Help You" from the show "I'm telling You A Story"2005
First pull and the shadow print.
Happy Printing Everyone
Week 21 "One With Copper"
In the first group of pictures I did a repeat pattern with fossilized leaves bought at the craft store. I exposed the leaves using ImagOn, developed the plate in the soda ash solution to strip the lines down to the copper. In the next step the plate was aquatinted with Badger Acrylic solution for printmakers. Next the plate was etched in the Edinburgh etching solution invented by Friedhard Kiekeben. The etched copper plate is so beautiful.
In the second grouping of photos the first photo may seem uninteresting, but is extremely important. Don't forget to put a backing on your plate after you sand and clean! I took my cut-out image of Eliza and transferred it to my copper plate in reverse for printing. Using a sharpie marker as a stop out, Eliza was filled in so that she would not hold any ink (some neat faint texture will happen). The next step I put a ground on by roller, some areas over lapping to give lighter and darker etched areas. There are so many ways to play with the Graphic Chemical w/s black #1659c when using it as a hard and soft ground. I did get a bit carried away with this plate and started painting with the roller on the plate. Now I have to wait for awhile till it dries in order to etch the plate.
The third group of photos: You can see the plate I am talking about in the top photos. It is the two Eliza's holding hands of Love. OK, it is Valentines soon. Again I used the sharpie marker as a stop out; then rolled the w/s ink#1659c over the plate. I wanted something different in the figures, so I used a wet paint brush to loosen up the ink to make a wash effect. The wonderful thing about all this is that after etching, scrub with soap and water! The plates are so beautiful inked up or clean. By this time next year I will have to decide if I want to have color in the lines of the plate or leave them clean for the sculpture. I am looking forward to the end and enjoying the adventure of not knowing how it will all end up looking like.
I was sorting through old plates and decided to throw an old plate to strip the ImagOn off; in with my leaf triangles. It did not strip hardly at all after all day, so just for fun I put it in the aluminum etching solution of copper sulphate. Then I forgot about it.
I really like what happened and wish the photos could show you the real amount of ink on the paper. Before I put it aside, I want to do a relief print of it. It is all for fun and exploring possibilities.
The original plate and print was called "Here let Me Help You" from the show "I'm telling You A Story"2005
First pull and the shadow print.
Happy Printing Everyone
Week 21 "One With Copper"
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