>I would love to see them. I have only seen prints made according to the
>'Howerd'
>method and some, I believe made by Ele ponsaing's method.
>
>Surely if you can see no grain at all does this not imply that you were
>using no
>kind of screen.
>
>Terry King
And Strange now says:
Most of my polymer photogravure prints are made with a 20 micron stochastic
screen (as described in my Home Page). I imagine that dots that small
actually bleed together so that they are no longer visible as individual
dots, even under a loupe.
Although this may be considered waste of bandwith, permit me to reprint a
posting from March 29:
"Those who have been around on this list for a while remember the thread
we've had off an on on the "new" photogravure method that makes use of
safer to handle (plain water development) photopolymer plates. Those who
are new to this list should download its archives and read what was
exchanged.
"These modern photosensitive plates were designed originally for letterpress
work. Some workers have adapted them to the intaglio technique (screenless)
to produce full scale impressions in ink. The first print I saw made by
this new incarnation of the process was not impressive but the printer who
made it admitted he was just a beginner. Then another one of my readers
sent me a print, which was much better, but not quite up there. Finally, I
recently got to see *five* fine prints by one of the pioneers in this
field, along with his own book on the subject. The bottom line: the process
works and it is worthwhile. I showed the prints to Thaddeus Holownia who
dropped in the other night and he is now considering the process for his
own students at Mount Allison University.
"For more, go to your library and consult Eli Ponsaing's bilingual book:
_Fotogravure En ny metode/ Photopolymergravure A New Method_, Borgens
=46orlag, 1995. ISBN 87-21-00396-3. The book itself has a print bound in and
is fully illustrated. The publisher is Borgens Forlag, Valbygaardsvej 33,
DK-2500 Copenhagen Valby, Denmark.
Luis Nadeau"
BTW, what is the 'Howerd' method?
Strange
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