I love printing off of photo plates, but what I couldn't get into the was the prep and cleanup time for each print. Inking the plate - and then cleaning it for the next print - was a time-consuming and messy job that involved the use of lots of solvents. I didn't like breathing that stuff for so long.
Can you use water-based inks for this process? At 12:55 PM -0400 9/25/01, gina wrote:
Dick Blick Art Supplies sells an old fashioned "wringer" type press for less than $200. Actually, I think it really is just a clothes wringer that they sell as a press. I bought mine about 10 years ago and it works great for relief printing, drypoint, monoprints, or anything else you would use an etching press for. Its only limitation is the size-the wringers will only accomodate up to 11" width but the length is not limited. I clamped it to an old table and use scraps of matboard to support everything as it "goes through the wringer". Also used it to make polaroid transfers when I was too lazy to hand rub them. :0) www.dickblick.com Gina Bellando http://home.ix.netcom.com/~ginabell/index.html _______________________________________________ Pinhole-Discussion mailing list Pinhole-Discussion@p at ??????? unsubscribe or change your account at http://www.???????/discussion/
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