Polymer Photogravure Paperback English by Clay Harmon - 2018

Clay Harmon

Polymer Photogravure: A Step-by-Step Manual Highlighting Artists and Their Creative Practice is a three-part book on the non-toxic process of making ink-on-paper intaglio prints from continuous-tone photographs using water-etched photopolymer plates. Author Clay Harmon provides clear and easy to understand instructions that will enable anyone to successfully make a photogravure print. By quantifying the sensitometric behavior of polymer plates, Harmon has developed a methodical approach which will enable a new printmaker to produce plates in their own studio with a minimum of time and wasted materials.Section One provides a straightforward guide to setting up the polymer photogravure studio. Section Two covers a step-by-step method of making the print from start to finish. Section Three showcases contemporary artists & works, illustrating the variety and artistic breadth of contemporary polymer intaglio printmaking. The works in these pages range from monochrome to full color, and represent a variety of genres, including still lifes, portraits, nudes, landscapes, urban-scapes and more. Featuring over 30 artists and 200 full-color images, Polymer Photogravure

0815366043

English

2018

Clay Harmon & s photographic work combines contemporary subject matter with historic photographic techniques. His interest is in the push/pull between the beautiful and the ugly often found in the urban landscape. Harmon & s work has shown nationally and internationally in over thirty shows and ten publications. He teaches workshops nationally in polymer photogravure and other historic photographic printing processes.