>.okay, stripping, plating and bluelining, to be
>literal) and still having headaches.
There seem to be a number of things that could give rise to headaches there.
>As to what is a plate burner, re: Terry -if this is the question still up
>for grabs- the best way I can explain it is: big (1 metre x 1 metre) vacuum
frame
>with some light source that can only be described as beyond the sun.
The reason I asked was that people are describing anything that it is not a UV
tube as a plate burner or a street light which is thus something beyond the ken
of ordinary people and to be avoided.. The effect is that alt process people are
limiting their abilities.
Any good supplier will be able to tell you what UV sources are used for what
purposes.
> Used primarily for burning images into metal plates for printing presses, but
>also burning images onto fun paper that turns blue in sunlight (I wanted
>to do a project with them, but finding a frame and the paper in
>education...good luck)
That is just a cyanotype. They are very easy and very cheap to make.
There is a lot in the archive but if Laura e mails me I will give her hints.
Taken overall the plate burner Laura mentions is a standard graphic arts lamp
that is nothing to be frightened of. You will find them in art schools in
fashion and ceramics and printing departments across the world where the other
disciplines are using photography in ways undreamt of by photographers. I have
found that introducing these people to each other produces healthy cross
fertilisation of ideas.
Terry King