How intaglio printmaking developed -- The origins of intaglio -- The innovators and their techniques -- The move towards safer working methods -- Traditional intaglio techniques and their implications for health, safety and the environment -- Plates and traditional plate preparation methods -- Traditional resists, their solvents and etching the plate -- Traditional collagraphic plate-making -- Traditional inks and their solvents -- Sourcing information about chemicals and their correct use -- How chemicals enter the body -- High-risk groups -- A complete safer intaglio system -- Planning and equipping a studio for intaglio printmaking -- Planning the studio -- Equipping the studio -- General studio facilities and equipment -- Equipment and workstation for direct intaglio methods -- Equipment and workstations for acrylic-resist etching methods -- Equipment and workstations for collagraphy methods -- Equipment and facilities for light-sensitive intaglio methods -- Workstations for making positives -- Equipment and facilities for printing -- Good studio practice -- Personal equipment.
The principles of intaglio printmaking -- The artist's concept -- Making an intaglio plate -- Subtractive methods -- Additive methods -- Combined intaglio methods -- Printing from the plate -- Preparing the plate -- Selecting plate materials -- Cutting and filing plates -- Cleaning and de-oxidizing plates -- Graining the plate surface -- Polishing the plate surface -- Degreasing and rinsing plates -- Direct intaglio methods -- Engraving -- Drypoint -- Mezzotint -- Scraping and burnishing -- Repoussage -- Air-abrading techniques, including the use of light-sensitive and other masks -- Etching -- The etching process and the use of resists -- Etching working practice checklist -- Plate-backing resists -- Types of plate-backing resist and their application methods -- Hard resists -- Making a guide drawing -- Drawing into the resist -- Working into the resist to create broad open areas -- Types of hard resist and their application methods -- Soft resists -- Creating collage-type impressions -- The classical offsetting drawing method -- Drawing directly into the soft resist -- Types of soft resist and their application methods -- Stop-out resist and controlling tone -- Painting methods -- Drawing into the stop-out resist -- Correcting or editing an image -- Stopping out and the stage-biting process -- Types of stop-out resist.
Creating tonal structures and the aquatint method -- Using the puncturing method -- Creating a scrobiculated surface using soft resist -- Creating an etched ink-holding grid using soft resist -- Creating an aquatint -- Types of acrylic resist for aquatint -- Wash resists -- Painting methods -- Types of wash resist -- Photoresists -- Lamination method -- Exposing the photoresist -- Developing the photoresist -- Developing the photoresist -- Curing, drying, etching or working the plate further -- Other types of resist -- Oily resists -- Waterproof maker pens -- Photocopy transfers -- Adhesive tapes -- Mordants -- Mordants which are not recommended -- Mordants which are recommended -- Collagraphy -- Collagraphy -- Creating fine linear work -- Creating coutour lines -- Creating textures, tones and patterns -- Creating, lines, washes and tonal areas with carborundum -- Creating mezzotint effects and pale tones -- Using screenprinting techniques -- Photocollagraphy -- Using dry film photoresist to create photocollagraph plates -- Using flexographic water-washable photopolymer plates as photocollagraphs.
Positives -- Using positives in light-sensitive intaglio printmaking -- Substrates and materials used for positives -- Autographic positives -- Photographic positives -- Digital positives -- Photocopy positives -- Halftone contact screens -- Colour separation and process printing -- Inking-up and printing methods -- Approaches to printing -- The intaglio inking-up and printing method -- À la poupée -- Embossing -- Chine collé -- Roll-over and viscosity printing methods -- Monotypes -- Combining intaglio with other media -- Registration methods -- Inks and additives -- Making inks for intaglio methods.
Removing resists, collagraph materials and inks from the plate -- Sodium carbonate stripping solution -- Lascaux remover and Mystrol vegetable oil -- Printing substrates -- Paper -- Preparing the paper for printing -- Collating and presenting intaglio prints -- Collating intaglio prints -- Presenting intaglio prints -- Storing plates -- International suppliers of materials -- Glossary.
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