Intaglio on other-than-metal plates

Hello:

Isn't one aspect of collograph printing the use of 'plates' made of
matboard?

I have heard of people doing simple prints on matboard, but not
photorealistic images.

One of my artists occasionally uses a sheet of acrylic (Plexiglas,
Lucite, whatever other name you like), and either etches (I guess
drypoint or engraving would be more appropriate due to lack of acid)
with any tool, or uses a soldering iron or woodburning tool...this
results in coarser lines.

Thanks for the photogravure info Colin...I saw one the other day and was
puzzled how it was done.

Murray
Received on Wed Sep 26 09:47:01 2001