Double plate solar prints by Inge Wright
|
Title |
Medium |
Size |
|
"Basil" |
Solar plate (photopolymer) print |
148 x 100mm |
| "Boats" |
Solar plate (photopolymer) print |
143 x 100mm |
| "Monday's Child" |
Solar plate (photopolymer) print |
98 x 96mm |
Inge took a digital photograph of a tiny horse sculpture and manipulated the resulting image using Photoshop software. She printed both positive and negative transparencies on to inkjet film.
The plate was Plastotype film-backed WF95. Inge has discovered that by a short (½-1min) initial exposure to the back of this film, she can achieve results with the single exposure technique comparable to double exposure techniques.
Both plates needed 4-4½mins exposure on an overcast late Spring afternoon. Washout was 1-2 mins.
Both plates were printed intaglio using oil-based ink.
This image began as a water-colour by Inge. She scanned it and printed both positive and negative inkjet transparencies.
Both plates were exposed on to WS 95 plate and needed 2-2½mins exposure at mid-day on an partially sunny late Spring day. Washout was 1 min.
Both plates were printed intaglio using oil-based ink. As for "Basil" above, the colours were black and an extended pale blue.
This image was taken from an old etching by Inge, of which the original copper plate had been lost. Inge scanned one of the prints and printed both positive and negative transparencies.
The negative required less exposure than the positive. Although both were exposed for 2½mins, the negative was done in a cloudy spell, the positive in sunny weather, at mid-day in late Spring.
The positive plate was inked intaglio and then rolled with a low viscosity yellow oil-based ink. The negative was simply inked intaglio in an extended pink oil-based ink.