ImagOn Techniques
Basic ImagOn Process
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General Safety
Printmaking Safety
Textbook reference:
pp 		 Reverse Mezzotint (Additive)
Materials: Additive technique on a mezzotint base. 
..ImagOn Process Index

.ImagOn Techniques

..Projects

..Schedule

.Ink Modifiers

..Printing

.Ink Cleanup

.Plate Prep

.Use of Photocopies

.Additives & Cleaners

.Olec Exposure Unit

.Basic ImagOn Process

Materials to explore include:

  • Hunt Speedball Water Soluble Screen Filler 4570
  • Molding (or modeling paste)
  • gesso
  • acrylic mediums

    • pumice mediums
 		 The Mezzotint Intaglio-Type represents a unique method of working with the ImagOn film that displays working characteristics that are similar ( but definitely not the same finished results) to traditional mezzotint techniques. 

One or more layers of ImagOn film are applied to the plate 

    Method One: 
    • all layers are exposed to the aquatint screen simultaneously
    Method Two: 
    • ImagOn layers individually exposed between each lamination. 
plate developed after both layers of ImagOn have been exposed. Then the plates are light-hardened. 

The developed ImagOn emulsion has a stippled surface similar to sandpaper and if the plate was inked and printed it should yield a rich black print. 

To create an image from this black printing plate, you can manipulate the stippled ImagOn emulsion can be manipulated in three ways: 

  • sand into the ImagOn emulsion  (subtractive Technique)
  • "fill-in" the emulsion (Reverse Mezzotint-additive technique)
  • combination of subtractive and additive techniques. 
Mezzo-Intaglio-Type Additive Technique. 

Once the ImagOn plate has been prepared in one of the above mentioned ways paint onto the surface of the stippled plate.  These can be painted on to the plate in varying thicknesses and layers to fill-in the stippled surface of the ImagOn emulsion. The more the ImagOn emulsion is filled-in the lighter will those areas become.  This is a very painterly technique. The thickest and smoothest areas of the filler will produce the lightest areas of the print. It is essential to wait for the plate additives to  completely dry before attempting to print the plate. 


   
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