Re: Oven cleaner

Hi:

Thanks! My printmaking experience is limited to one photo etching
workshop taken over 10 years ago. I made one plate and printed a set of
just gorgeous prints. Ever since then I've had a fascination
with printmaking - but limited access to resources - namely a press.

I don't know what a Japanese baren is - can you eplain?

Which leads me to a few questions. What is a reasonably good technique
for making releif prints without a press? Would this be the baren?

I am also looking at photopolymer plates. These are a photosensitive
plastic plate. The plate is sensitive to UV light - the plate hardens
when exposed to UV light. It is then processed in water - the unexposed
portions dissolving in water.

These are usually used as an intaglio process - I want to try using them
for releif printing. Any ideas on whether or not this would work?

The friend I'm working with is an engineer with a well equiped shop - he
wants to know if we could build a press fairly easy or economically.

My understanding is a releif press could be made very simply - while an
etching press would be a little more complicated.

Is it possible to buy second hand presses? Is it worthwhile?

Gord

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Gordon J. Holtslander Dept. of Biology
holtsg@duke.usask.ca 112 Science Place
http://duke.usask.ca/~holtsg University of Saskatchewan
Tel (306) 966-4433 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Fax (306) 966-4461 Canada S7N 5E2
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Received on Tue Sep 25 10:56:55 2001