Hi: Thanks! My printmaking experience is limited to one photo etching workshop taken over 10 years ago. I made one plate and printed a set of just gorgeous prints. Ever since then I've had a fascination with printmaking - but limited access to resources - namely a press.
I don't know what a Japanese baren is - can you eplain? Which leads me to a few questions. What is a reasonably good technique for making releif prints without a press? Would this be the baren? I am also looking at photopolymer plates. These are a photosensitive plastic plate. The plate is sensitive to UV light - the plate hardens when exposed to UV light. It is then processed in water - the unexposed portions dissolving in water. These are usually used as an intaglio process - I want to try using them for releif printing. Any ideas on whether or not this would work? The friend I'm working with is an engineer with a well equiped shop - he wants to know if we could build a press fairly easy or economically. My understanding is a releif press could be made very simply - while an etching press would be a little more complicated. Is it possible to buy second hand presses? Is it worthwhile? Gord --------------------------------------------------------- Gordon J. Holtslander Dept. of Biology hol...@duke.usask.ca 112 Science Place http://duke.usask.ca/~holtsg University of Saskatchewan Tel (306) 966-4433 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Fax (306) 966-4461 Canada S7N 5E2 ---------------------------------------------------------
