Re: new work: chemigram transfers to polymer photogravure

Wow! Pretty amazing - did you have previous experience burning/wiping up
plates...I like the images and the colouration seems quite "natural"if you
could say such a thing :)

Kate
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jon Lybrook" <jon@terabear.com>
To: <list@chemigramist.com>; <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2004 12:00 PM
Subject: new work: chemigram transfers to polymer photogravure

> Hi All,
>
> My work is taking a departure from the cool serendipidy of chromoskadesic
> effects (the pastel colors apparent in B&W media when making chemigrams).
I
> decided I wanted more control over coloration, but keep the forms and
textures.
> Having finally gotten an answer as to how the colors actually happen
with
> chemigrams thanks to Polli Marriner's research, and inspired by David
Hoptman's
> presentation on Polymer Photogravure at APIS last summer, I've started
work on
> transferring chemigrams to polymer plates.
>
> After burning a dozen plates and making several dozen prints, (some
interesting
> enough, most horrible, some in black and white, some in color) I've
started to
> have some success.
>
> The only one I've got to show now can be seen here:
> http://lytescapes.com/thejourneycontinues.jpg
>
> The image is from a cropped area (about 1" high) from a high-rez scan of
4x5
> chemigram on ortho-litho film. The plate is 4x5 and is made without any
> aquatint screen, from an inkjet transparency, and hand-colored (a la
poupee
> using cardboard cards and Q-tips) directly on the plate. I've been
getting the
> solid colors by packing the ink into the open bite areas, which were
> unintentional at first, but I think I like them. Softer tones were
achieved by
> adding plate oil to the inks for increased transparency.
>
> In case it has to be said, kindly worded constructive criticism is always
welcomed!
>
> Look forward to hearing your responses. Have a great weekend.
>
> Jon
>
>
>
>
Received on Sat Mar 6 15:17:12 2004