The same negatif is used to produce a photopolymer (relief) plate, as well as a cyanotype. The photopolymer plate is printed in black ink over the cyanotype.
Category: photopolymer
Final.
Wanting to stick to my usual theme for my cards, I decided to start from a photo I took some years ago (still film photography and darkroom labour). As time was running short the matrix had to be a photopolymer plate.
Waiting to dry.
For the inside I choose as font Walbaum kursiv 20Pt.
Back to print: Dragonflies
Haiku.
Drypoint (hand), photopolymer (dragonfly), letterpress
Dragonflies in industrial estate
Nature comes back.
(drypoint for industrial estate & photopolymer for dragonflies, relief printed)
Photopolymer plate
I use photopolymer plates mostly for relief printing if I want very fine lines.
So I spend some time drawing (pen and ink) several dragonflies:
As I intend to produce a relief plate, the first step consists in the production of a negative of the drawings.
Platemaking is done on my UV exposure unit (the one I use to produce electronic circuits) and washing out in the bathtub. (Not very professional.)
To see how it is done watch these videos on youtube:
– Photopolymer Exposure and Development (Nicholas Silberg)
– How to create a photopolymer letterpress plate (Genevieve Carroll)
The result:
and the print:
A very fine and explicit description of the process may be found on
Carlo Krier 