
Non-toxic Printmaking
Mark Graver(Author)
Herbert Press Ltd
Published on 14. November 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
128 pages
978-1-78994-020-6 (ISBN)
Description
This is your essential guide to less harmful, but equally effective, environmentally friendly printmaking methods.
Traditional printmaking techniques expose the artist and the environment to a multitude of toxic materials. In this book, Mark Graver puts the case for non-toxic printmaking and discusses the replication of traditional techniques with less harmful, but equally effective, environmentally friendly methods.
This book covers engraving, etching with acrylic resists, using drypoint, making aquatints, mezzotints and collagraphs, and using photopolymers as well as combining various printmaking techniques.
Highly illustrated wit the works of artists from around the world, this practical and inspiring book contains everything you need to know about switching to a non-toxic printmaking practice.
Traditional printmaking techniques expose the artist and the environment to a multitude of toxic materials. In this book, Mark Graver puts the case for non-toxic printmaking and discusses the replication of traditional techniques with less harmful, but equally effective, environmentally friendly methods.
This book covers engraving, etching with acrylic resists, using drypoint, making aquatints, mezzotints and collagraphs, and using photopolymers as well as combining various printmaking techniques.
Highly illustrated wit the works of artists from around the world, this practical and inspiring book contains everything you need to know about switching to a non-toxic printmaking practice.
Reviews / Votes
The next installment in A&C Black's excellent Printmaking Handbook range...includes a series of ways to replicate traditional printmaking methods without the use of acids, solvents and petroleum-based materials which can be dangerous to inhale or be in extended contact with. * Artists and Illustrators *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Colour images throughout
Dimensions
Height: 232 mm
Width: 154 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
326 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78994-020-6 (9781789940206)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Mark Graver is an English printmaker currently working in New Zealand. He has a master's degree from Camberwell College of Arts and is a frequent contributor to various printmaking journals. He was the winner of the Lessedra World mini print competition 2010.
Content
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Why Non-Toxic?
Materials
Metals
1. Acrylic Resist Etching on Copper
2. Acrylic-Resist Hard Grounds
3. Acrylic Soft Grounds
4. Acrylic-Resist Aquatint
5. Wash Grounds, Lift Grounds, White Ground
6. Etching Copper with Ferric Chloride
7. Saline Sulphate Etch
8. Inks, Inking, Paper and Printing
9. Colour, Chine-Coll and Multi-Plate Printing 98
10. Non-Chemical Processes
11. A Survey: Is Printmaking Going Green? By Indrani Gall
12. Conclusion
Appendix 1 - Some Thoughts on Non-Toxic Printmaking
Appendix 2 - Original Prints and Reproductions - A Need for Definition
Featured Artists
Suppliers
Website Resources
Bibliography
Index
Introduction
Why Non-Toxic?
Materials
Metals
1. Acrylic Resist Etching on Copper
2. Acrylic-Resist Hard Grounds
3. Acrylic Soft Grounds
4. Acrylic-Resist Aquatint
5. Wash Grounds, Lift Grounds, White Ground
6. Etching Copper with Ferric Chloride
7. Saline Sulphate Etch
8. Inks, Inking, Paper and Printing
9. Colour, Chine-Coll and Multi-Plate Printing 98
10. Non-Chemical Processes
11. A Survey: Is Printmaking Going Green? By Indrani Gall
12. Conclusion
Appendix 1 - Some Thoughts on Non-Toxic Printmaking
Appendix 2 - Original Prints and Reproductions - A Need for Definition
Featured Artists
Suppliers
Website Resources
Bibliography
Index