Re: Re: solar plate

Hellena,

Dan, has just come out with a new DVD of the process. It deals more with how
he make his art and not photo/polymer/gravure but the bacics are the same to a
point. It is nice to see some run through the process.

I am cleaning up my list of things so I can get back to making prints.

Jan Pietrzak

>From: Hellena Cleary <hellena@hncleary.plus.com>
>Date: Fri Nov 04 03:04:43 CST 2005
>To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
>Subject: Re: solar plate

>Sorry for the delay in writing to thank the people who responded to my
>request for information about solar plate. I shall read the Dan Welden book
>and am doing a one day course at the Camera Club here in London to be run
>by Peter Alan. Thanks again. Hopefully in January I shall have some results.
>Hellena
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Jon Lybrook" <jon@terabear.com>
>To: <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
>Sent: Friday, October 21, 2005 11:12 PM
>Subject: Re: solar plate
>
>
>> Hi Hellena,
>>
>> Printmaking in the Sun by Dan Welden is the best starting point of this
>> process, in my opinion as well.
>>
>> Plates are best cut with a papercutter dedicated to the purpose, but
>> they can be cut with a utility knife with repeated strokes.
>>
>> Jon
>>
>>
>> Ehud Yaniv wrote:
>> > I have Printmaking in the Sun. It is easy to read and follow.
>> >
>> > Ehud
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > *From:* Hellena Cleary [mailto:hellena@hncleary.plus.com]
>> > *Sent:* October 21, 2005 9:38 AM
>> > *To:* alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
>> > *Subject:* solar plate
>> >
>> > I have bought some solar plate here in the U.K. but all I have for
>> > the instructions are a couple of A4 sheets. For further reading they
>> > list PRINTMAKING IN THE SUN, PRINTMAKING WITH PHOTOPOLYMER PLATES,
>> > HANDBOOK OF NON-TOXIC INTAGLIO AND THE COMPLETE PRINTMAKER. Can
>> > anyone recommend which of these books is best for a complete
>> > beginner? Do I need a metal cutter to cut the sheet down so that I
>> > can experiment? I have a step wedge and a UV light source. How do I
>> > begin? Hellena
>>
Received on Fri Nov 4 10:29:55 2005