Description
Printmaking Resources, Grande Prairie, Alberta, Published 1998. Paperback, xi, 248 pp.; 28 cm; illustrated with black-and-white photographs throughout and some color illustrations.
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In Very Good condition. Glossy illustrated paper covers (black front with red title lettering and a full-color inset print after Deborah Mae Broad; yellow back cover with a black-and-white photographic illustration), with light bumping and creasing to edges and corners, and mild shelf wear. A Daniel Smith bookseller price sticker remains on the back cover. Binding tight; a small spot and a hint of soiling to the fore edge of the text block. Otherwise unmarked. Foreword by Monona Rossol, with chapter contributions from Elizabeth Dove, Steve Hoskings, Dr. Roy Pearce, Friedhard Kiekeben, Michael Dicky, George Roberts, and Monona Rossol. Howard's practical studio guide presents twelve Intaglio-Type techniques using Du Pont's ImagOn photopolymer film, along with photo etching, digital imaging, acrylic-resist hand etching methods, and a non-toxic lithography process (Howard-Type). Topics include studio setup, the Edinburgh Etch, Bichant Ferric Chloride, ferric chloride preparation, plate cutting, intaglio press setup and modifications, ImagOn dispenser construction, paper preparation, lith film photographic halftones, four-colour separation, halftones without darkrooms, exposure systems, sun exposure, ink foil mono-prints, chameleon, wash-drawing, layered, wrinkled, mezzo, direct, relief etch, and transfer Intaglio-Type, water-resist aquatint stencils, destruction-ground, reverse mezzotint, crayon resist, acrylic soft-ground and hard-ground, ImagOn safe handling, acrylic aquatint, and non-toxic polyester plate lithography by George F. Roberts. Concludes with sections on health and safety in printmaking, graduate studies in non-toxic printmaking, the Canadian School for Non-toxic Printmaking, sources of supply, bibliography, and index. Contents: Foreword by Monona Rossol; Author's Introduction; A Brief History of Intaglio; Intaglio and the Tradition of Toxicity; The Non-toxic Intaglio Studio; The Intaglio Plate; Plate Cutting; Plate Preparation; Making a Plate Hanger; The Pre-Vertical Etching Tank; The Bichant Ferric Chloride; The Edinburgh Etch; Ferric Chloride Preparation; Paper; Making a Print Mailing Tube; Intaglio Press Set-up; Intaglio Press Modifications; Intaglio Printing; Making an ImagOn Dispenser; Introduction to the Intaglio-Type; Intaglio-Type Quick-Start; Intaglio-Type Quick-Start Guide; Non-etch Intaglio-Type; Etched Intaglio-Type; Wash-Drawing Intaglio-Type; Layered Intaglio-Type; Wrinkled Intaglio-Type; Mezzo Intaglio-Type; Direct Intaglio-Type; Relief Etch Intaglio-Type; Transfer Intaglio-Type; Lith Film Photographic Halftones; Chameleon Intaglio-Type; Intaglio-Type Four Colour Separation; Halftones Without Darkrooms; Contone Intaglio-Type; Exposure Systems for the Intaglio-Type; Sun Exposure Intaglio-Type; Ink Foil Mono-Print; Working the Plate; Reworking the Plate; ImagOn Safe Handling Guide; Acrylic Aquatint; Water Resist / Aquatint Stencils; Destruction-Ground; Reverse Mezzotint; Crayon Resist; Acrylic Soft-Ground; Acrylic Hard-Ground; Non-Toxic Polyester Plate Lithography by George F. Roberts; Health and Safety in Printmaking by Monona Rossol; Graduate Studies in Non-toxic Printmaking; Canadian School for Non-toxic Printmaking; Prospectus for Program Collaborations; Summer Printmaking Workshops; Sources of Supply; Bibliography; Index.