From: Judy Seigel (jseigel@panix.com)
Date: 04/22/03-09:05:43 PM Z
On Mon, 21 Apr 2003, Sandy King wrote:
> Just wanted to bring to the attention of the list that a new book on
> photogravure has just been published. Called Copper Plate
> Photogravure: Demystifying the Process, the book is co-authored by
> David Morrish and Marlene MacCallum and is published by Focal Press.
> ISBN # is 0-240-80461-9.
And let me say what Sandy is perhaps too modest to say -- the book is
beautiful and everyone should buy it -- really. Of course I know very
little about gravure, so any mistakes would get by me, but somehow, given
the expert provenance, I trust. What struck me ESPECIALLY on a
flip-through (I haven't read yet) was that, unlike the usual how-to, which
shows the instructional photos in black & white, with the artwork, or at
least much of it, in color... this book shows a number of the
instructional photos in color & the art, or much of it, in monochrome.
Seeing the demo's in color is very seductive and "instructional." What's
being done becomes surprisingly clear. It could start a trend.
The feel of the book is also appealing -- large enough to be complete, but
comfortable in the hand.
congratulations to all,
Judy
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> I made a small contribution to the book via a chapter on making
> carbon tissue for photogravure work (Chapter 11 - Directions for the
> Home Manufacture of Carbon Tissue for Photogravure Printing). The
> carbon tissue formula recommended in the text is derived from a
> series of tests that David and I carried out over a period of a few
> months in an effort to make a tissue that approximated fairly closely
> the Autotype photogravure tissue.
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> Sandy King
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