so these are some of my pieces that combine traditional printmaking with digital prints. i'm not sure which folio to submit them to, my printmaking one or my drawing and digital one. so in case they end up in the printmaking one, here they are !
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I love the idea of combining digital with traditional. Unfortunately, the Printmaking facilities I have access to do not have a suitably printer. Though the photography department does have large scale inkjet equipment they do not allow students to run heavy (unapproved) paper through their printers. I have heard of some university programs which do allow papers such as Rives BFK or other papers suitable for intaglio or lithographic processes to by run through their printers. Our department has yet to incorporate current technologies into traditional practice. I guess because the equipment is expensive and requires knowledge of what to purchase.
If you could please answer a few questions for me about how you print digitally onto paper suitable for use with traditional printmaking processes. What printmaking medium was used in these pieces? I was also wondering which marks are digital and which are made traditionally. What paper is best for the job and what printers work well on printmaking papers?
Happy Printing,
Alan Takach
Takach Press Corporation
Hi Alan
in response to your questions about 'tradigital' printmaking. You really need to get your own digital printer. I had an Epson 2000P and it was a good one for printing onto eg Hahnemuhle (printmaking etching paper) also onto Fabriano ( I can't remember which one now)
I also printed onto a machine made Japanese paper which I have been able to use in a 'chine colle' capacity. I really like working that way because then one can cut out the figures or shapes and incorporate the image into eg a monoprint or with an etching plate or all sorts of things.
I recently sent some prints to printmaker info (Robert Viana) his 9/11 rememberence book project - and those were using the digital chine colle method.
Anyway hope this little bit helps The 2000P prints to A3+ size which is pretty good to be going on with and one cal always print out three A3+ size sheets and make them into one work. Contact me if you want more info and I will look it up for you in more detail. Actually I really want to set up a blog or website on this topic because its an area which isn't easy to to find out stuff about.
hi Alan,
thanks for your comments. The prints which are posted on the blog were actually printed on regular reflex paper, on my basic inkjet printer at home, the idea being that the back image would fade out when soaked in preparation for intaglio printing. The smaller central images are the traditional prints. Although all this being said, i did also do some "tradigital" printing onto heavier, more suitable papers. I used rag paper, and also arches inkjet paper, which i printed on an Epson R1800 wiht ultrachrome pigment inks. These did not run in the soaking process, when i eventually printed drypoints over the top. I don't have a great knowledge of papers or printers, and most things i do are experimental, and i don't think i have stumbled upon the ideal process for me yet. i hope that mine and others comments have helped in some way!
Amy
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