Well, Here goes,
Photopolymer gravure is a form of photoengraving.
Photogravure ( when used with actual rosin or bitumum aquatint) is not.
Period.
Both are intaglio processes. That is where the similarity ends.
Call it whatever you like and tout the incredible images, if it usues a
mechanical screening device ( mezzotint screen, radom dot screen, stochastic
screen, grained glass, etc...) it's still a photoengraving, not a
photogravure.
As for the results, mechanical screens give a mechanical look. I can tell
the difference between a screened gravure and a grain gravure. Don't believe
me? That's okay.
I can really tell the difference between a polymer gravure and a
photogravure.
An apple is an apple, regardless of what you call it.
A Giclee' is still an Iris print with a fancy name.
That's my 2 bucks worth.
If you want to make historic aquatint grain gravures, refer to Deli
Sacilotto's book on Photographic Printmaking Proceses or the photogravure
chapter in Keepers of the Light.
Both offer the correct information to do this process, minus the rampant
misinformation and voodoo that appears in other texts.
Cheerio, Craig Z.
Received on Tue Nov 4 02:23:28 2003
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