Hi John,
JUst got back from a trip and have to do loads of laundry and other mundane things, then company from out of town coming. Will try to do something next week on the scans. The main thing I was pleased with is that the relative tonality looks very much the same with the "same curve."
I agree about the book—it's great. Willis Lee inks with a brayer and I liked how that worked and figured it might help with the scratches, so I picked one up from Takach Press in Albuquerque. David Takach was very kind and took me on a complete tour of their press making facility—it was really fun. I also picked up a product there for cleaning polymer plates that is similar to Soy Solve, but much thinner and leaves less residue on the plates.
I'm still using a Denver screen right now.
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Best Wishes,
Mark Nelson
On Aug 18, 2009, at 7:20:35 PM, "Jon Lybrook" <jon@intaglioeditions.com> wrote:
Great to hear Mark. I'm amazed to hear there are copper gravurists that
believe they can't tell the difference (strike mark notwithstanding).
Can you post some high-rez scans of your PT/PD next to the same image in
Polymer Gravure? I'd love to see them and how they compare up close --
even virtually.
BTW, your recommendation for the Copper Plate Photogravure: Demystifying
the Process book was a good one. It has some excellent advice on how to
prevent scratches when inking plates (inking with brayers and
cheesecloth instead of mat cards and tarlatan). Much of the advise is
applicable to polymer. I've adopted much of it in my workflow and
haven't scratched a plate since! Some say the cheesecloth picks up too
much ink, but I believe it's just a matter of being more sensitive to
that when wiping.
Still no luck finding a good aquatint screen vendor since Peter and Copy
Graphics moved on. The one company in Denver who would do the work was
providing inconsistent screens. Who are you using for your aquatint screens?
Cheers,
Jon Lybrook
http://intaglioeditions.com
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