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Printmaking @ The Sidney Nolan Trust |
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"Lion Gate (Mycenae)" - a solar plate print by Mike Clements
I exposed an inkjet transparency for 7 minutes on a sunny late Spring day, followed immediately with another 7 minute aquatint (stochastic) screen exposure. Printed using AkuaIntaglio water-based ink. After a short wash-out, the surface of the plate was covered with minute aquatint-like indentations. These held far more ink than I'd expected and gave a darkish print, even after extensive wiping of the intaglio plate. Subsequent re-examination of a test strip suggested that a longer exposure might have resulted in a lighter print.
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