Solarplate printing or etching used to be regarded as less toxic than traditional etching but currently this notion is being questioned by some experts.
Solar plate etching prints.
Solarplate is a light sensitized steel backed polymer material used by artists as an alternative to hazardous printing techniques.
He was the inventor of this printmaking technique.
Draw on a transparency place it over the plate expose it to the sun and the plate is in effect etched for printing.
Sandwich the plate and screen between thick plate glass and a foam cushion on a flat rigid board.
If you wash the ink from the solarplates with dawn dish detergent and water recommended you must blot the plates dry and post expose again.
Solarplate is a prepared light sensitive polymer surface on a steel backing for artists to produce fine prints.
Make sure you place this emulsion surface of the screen face to face with the plate surface for the first exposure.
When you have completed the second exposure remove the positive transparency and proceed to develop your plate in water dry post expose and print.
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The method is now widely used and welden and muir have produced the first book on this extremely versatile art.
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Images can be transferred from clear film such as acetate or true grain to the plate using a source of ultra violet light i e.
In 1972 welden discovered that polymer printers plates could be used in printmaking by exposing them to the sun.
Solarplate process etching using dan weldon s method.
Post expose if washing with water or your plates will deteriorate and crack.
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Solar plates are easy to use with little experience of traditional printmaking processes.
Printmaking with solarplate is a simple approach and safer alternative to traditional etching and relief printing.
Place the aquatint screen emulsion matt side face down in direct contact with the plate.
Remove the screen and expose your positive transparency to the plate for 1 minute.
All flexographic plates contain large amounts of unreacted monomers of various and complex chemical compostion and the manual processing of these materials entail extensive exposure to.