RE: Polymer gravure plate tone
Hi Susan, Thanks for taking a moment to locate this site. I thought plate tone was/is what you described and that it affects the highlights varied by how the plate is ink and cleaned. I have several gravures in my personal photography collection so I'll pull those out later today and take a look at them, however having several prints made from the same plate with different inking and clean up would be more illustrative. See ya, Don -----Original Message----- From: SusanV [mailto:susanvoss3@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 3:37 PM To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca Subject: Re: Polymer gravure plate tone Hey, found something here... http://www.washingtonprintmakers.com/artists/newman.html See the light areas of the prints? there's a certain "signature" type of tone this artist has. THAT is plate tone. susan On 3/12/07, SusanV <susanvoss3@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Don, > > I did a search but didn't find anything in the way of images... maybe > someone else has something. > > Plate tone is just the last little film of ink left on the areas of a > plate that are intended to print "white". In the print it is the > slightest little bit of tone in the lightest areas. it can vary a > great deal. some plate materials are slicker than others and easier > to wipe very clean, leaving little tone. It is a creative choice of > the printer, to leave a little or a lot... and in what areas to leave > however much they choose. At one extreme you can take cotton swabs > and mineral spirits and polish off any evidence of ink. Even the type > of ink is a variable... some are more finely ground than others, > making it harder to wipe the last little bit off the plate. > > Printmaking types often compliment other printmakers about their use > of plate tone, especially at openings with a few glasses of cheap > white in them :o) > > kinda like discussions of "bokeh". :P > > Susan > > > On 3/12/07, Don Bryant <dsbryant@bellsouth.net> wrote: > > Dear Polymer Gravurists, > > > > > > > Now, speaking of plate tone > > > > Can anyone point me to an online example that shows 'plate tone'? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Don Bryant > > > > > > > > > > > -- > susan > gravure blog at www.susanvossgravures.blogspot.com > website www.dalyvoss.com > -- susan gravure blog at www.susanvossgravures.blogspot.com website www.dalyvoss.com
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