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General Safety |
Printmaking Safety |
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Mezzotint
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A technique with a working methodology similar to mezzotint
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. .ImagOn Process Index
. ImagOn Techniques
..Projects
..Schedule
. Ink Modifiers
..Printing
.Ink Cleanup
.Plate Prep
.Use of Photocopies
. Additives &
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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.
Remember to remove the protective layer of mylar between applications of
ImagOn film.
No laminating solution is required when laminating the second layer
of film due to the inherent adhesive qualities of the ImagOn film.
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plate is developed and light-hardened. .
The resulting coated plate has a stippled surface similar to sandpaper and
if the plate was inked and printed it should yield a solid black
print.
To produce the desired image from this black printing plate you can use
several ways to manipulate the developed ImagOn emulsion
- Subtractive Process such as sand into the ImagOn emulsion
- Additive Process using a "fill-in" the emulsion
- or by a combiation of te first two techniques.
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Mezzo-Intaglio-Type Subtractive
Technique.
Subtractive techniques are those techniques that remove or wear down the
surface of the stippled ImagOn emulsion.
Possible methods:
- use your burnishing tool wrapped with wet-and-dry sandpaper to
selectively sand down the ImagOn plate. Use this sandpaper without
water for the mezzotint since water will soften the emulsion.Wet-and
-dry sand paper is used in this applications without the addition of
water and with
A variety of different sandpapers can be used.
- The coarser the grit the more of the ImagOn emulsion will be
removed. .
- Other implements that can also be used are etching scrapers, Dremel
tools or very sharp wood cutting tools.
- More severe image manipulation can be done by painting 99% proof
isopropyl alcohol or the caustic soda stripping solution directly onto
the stippled ImagOn emulsion.
If there are open metal areas on the plate and if an intaglio print is the
intention then the plate can be spray aquatinted with the Hunt Speedball
Screen Filler method previously mentioned and then etched. If a positive
photo copy image was used then this intaglio printing of the plate will
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