

Solar plate print ~ Grabado fotogravure
6"x4" ~ 15 cm x 10 cm
A bilingual blog regarding the art (printmaking, pastels, watercolors, oils) & travels of artist Diane Cutter (formerly The Itinerant Artist)~~~~~~~ Un blog bilingue sobre el arte (grabados, pastel, acuarelas, oleos) y viajes de la artista Diane Cutter (antes The Itinerant Artist)




Next I use the dirtier tarltan to remove most of the ink. As you can see there is still ink on the clear parts of the plate. Then I use the cleaner tarltan to take off the rest of the ink. Tarltan comes heavily starched and lightly so. I prefer the lighter. Either way, wiping a plate takes some practice or you can remove too much ink resulting in a very light, unevenly inked print.
Luego uso el 'tarltan' mas sucio para quitar la mayoria de la tinta. Como se puede ver todavia hay tinta en las partes claras de la plancha. Entonces uso el 'tarltan' mas limpio para quitar el resto de la tinta. Tarltan viene con mucha almidon o con poca. Prefiero el con poquito. De todos modos, limpiando una plancha toma un poco de practica o se puede quitar demasiado tinta resultando en un grabado con lineas ligeras o desiguales.


My latest print, 'Ceiba's Church', is a solar print on Fabriano Uno paper, using Akua-Kolor intaglio ink (lamp black). It first started as a pen and ink drawing, which was then reversed onto a transparency. I prefer the softer look of the print over the stark black and white of the original.


I played with a solar plate, applying ink as if it were a relief print. I pulled two prints with black ink. The first was almost completely black with tons of ink. The second was a grayer ghost impression, pulled without applying more ink.