Solar Gravure
Solar Gravure is a method of producing a printing plate for fine art print editions. The process of creating the plate involves UV exposure of a steel sheet coated with photosensitive polymer that is masked with a hand-drawn transparency (ebony pencil on mylar). It is not unlike exposing emulsion-coated screens for screen printing. The resulting plate, however, is more like an etched copper plate, and it is printed with the ink-and-wipe intaglio print method. The quality of the line and delicacy of gradients are remarkably true to that of pencil drawings on paper. In 2010, I created five plates and printed an edition of 20 to fully explore the process.
"city cow"
8 1/4" x 11"
domestic etching paper
8 1/4" x 11"
domestic etching paper
"city goat"
8 1/4" x 11"
domestic etching paper
8 1/4" x 11"
domestic etching paper
"feeding time"
7 1/4" x 9 3/4"
fabriano artistico paper
7 1/4" x 9 3/4"
fabriano artistico paper
"good hunt"
8 1/2" x 9 1/4"
fabriano artistico paper
8 1/2" x 9 1/4"
fabriano artistico paper
"v.p."
7" x 7 1/8"
grey rives bfk paper
7" x 7 1/8"
grey rives bfk paper
