Re: SPE and alt update
Susan, I think your point is well taken. I really don't want to tell anyone what to call a process or what process to use, but using the same name for both seems a little like saying that a silver print made from a colodion negative is the same as a silver print from a digital negative. The paper, ink and etching press are the same for both intaglio processes just as both silver prints are the same objects in their physical presentation. I think there would be outrage on this list if the silver image from digital was presented with terms that would suggest that it was collodion. Everyone knew what photo gravure was prior to the plastic plate process, now that is at risk. I would just like to see terms that make an honest distinction between the historical and modern process. PS I love the prints from the plastic plate process. My rant is not a criticism of that process, just a concern for clarity. PPS Chris, I know that entering the world of preparing plates and printing intaglio has a significant learning curve. If you do the copper process some time I think you will see the difference in the number of steps, the levels of control, and the attention to building the light sensitive image on the copper and getting it into the copper. I'm sure have read about all this so you can imagine what I mean. I am no expert on this, I made a few photogravures back in the 60s but that is all. I did try reversing the method and using a gelatin solution with white pigment to hand paint an image on an aquatinted copper plate. After hardening the coating with bichromate I etched it in the several strengths of acid as usual and produced an interesting image. I found the painting in reverse (seeing the bare copper as the image and painting in the whites) frustrating and never did anything more with it. Jack On 4/4/08, SusanV <susanvoss3@gmail.com> wrote: > > I just feel that artists have enough challenges, and don't need fellow > artists belittling their > choice of materials. If those who use copper plates feel the need to make > that distinction > then they certainly should, but don't tell others what they can or can't > call their works. I mean, > if the final images are so similar that we have to use labels in order to > tell the difference.... > > susan > > > -- > susan > gravure blog at www.susanvossgravures.blogspot.com > website www.dalyvoss.com
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