Hi Mark,
2 fer one is a great deal. The fact that you can use the same curve
for 2 different processes, given how particular we are about this
stuff, is remarkable.
Mark Lunning at Open Press here in Denver said when he ordered his
floor model Takach press many years ago, Dave Sr. actually came out
with the delivery personally to make sure it was set up properly. They
are a wonderful company that is always working to improve their product
line.
Jon
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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
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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Jon Lybrook
Intaglio Editions
http://intaglioeditions.com
303-818-5187
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