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by Marlene MacCallum, David Morrish
Copper Plate Photogravure
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. A Brief History
Origins
Artist-Practitioners
2. Making the Film Positive
The Process
Equipment and Supplies
Procedure
Contrast Range
Summary
Troubleshooting
3. Sensitizing the Gelatin Tissue
Equipment and Supplies
Preparatory Steps
Sensitizing the Tissue
Summary
Troubleshooting
4. Preparing the Copper
Equipment and Supplies
Procedure
Summary
Troubleshooting
5. Exposing the Gelatin Tissue
Equipment and Supplies
Procedure
Summary
Troubleshooting
A Note on Using Screens or Applying Dust-Grain Aquatints
6. Adhering and Developing the Gelatin Tissue
Required Solutions
Equipment and Supplies Setup
Procedure
Summary
Troubleshooting
7. Preparing to Etch
Preparing the Ferric Chloride
Summary
Staging the Plate
Summary
8. Etching the Plate
The Process
Equipment and Supplies
Procedure
Summary
Troubleshooting
9. The Printing Process
Papers
Inks and Additives
Solvents
Inking and Wiping Supplies
The Intaglio Press, Press Blankets, and Blotters
Making the First Proof
Summary
Troubleshooting
Reworking the Plate
Editioning the Print
10. Alternative and Historic Methods and Materials
Altering Positives by Hand
Digital Positives
Direct Gravure
Saving a Thin Positive
Stripping Alternative
Sensitizer Additives
Alternative Dichromates and Concentrations
Alternative Ways to Adhere Tissue to Plexiglas and Copper
Aquatints: Rosin vs. Asphaltum
Applying an Asphaltum Aquatint
Applying a Rosin Aquatint
The Dry Lay-Down Method of Adhering Gelatin Tissue to the Plate
Alternative Materials for Staging the Plate
Steel Facing the Plate
Correcting Flaws and Reworking the Images
Alternative Printing Procedures
À la Poupée Inking
Chine Collé
11. Directions for the Home Manufacture of Carbon Tissue for Photogravure Printing
Basic Tissue Formula
Preparing the Pigmented Gelatin Solution
The Coating Operation
Appendices
Appendix A—Safety Considerations
Appendix B—Making a Random-Patterned Hard-Dot Screen
Appendix C—Testing for Correct Exposure with Your Light System
Appendix D—The Chemistry of Etching with Iron(III) Chloride
Appendix E—Exposure and Etch Form
Appendix F—Printing Ink Tests
Appendix G—Paper Chart for Photogravure Printing
Appendix H—The Conventions for Editioning Prints
Appendix I—Suppliers
Reference Materials (Bibliography)
Contributors
Glossary
Index
About the Authors
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