Children Faces Etching

Kard's was not done that way. However, some of the other examples may have been separate plates around the heads, take a look at some of the other pieces please let me know what you think, Marie.

 

I looked at the portfolio moreotherstuff found on eBay and don't see what looks like plate edges around the heads. Plus there always seems to be something going beyond the edge of the head, like the hair flying out on these:



I did some etching years ago in art school. The printing process is:
1. Ink the plate then wipe away the excess
2. Soak the paper in water
3. Place the plate, ink side up, on the bottom press plate. Cover with the paper, cover that with a thick cloth called a blanket.
4. Roll the plate under the press and screw the top plate down to transfer the ink to the paper.

The pressure exerted by the press causes the "plate edge". I don't think there is any way separate plates would be used unless all plates were the exact same size made specifically for this each etching (that could be done for a multicolor etching). For a monotone I don't see the advantage in even trying it.

 

Yes, that's correct, Marie. Look at the colored one, looks like plate edge over his head. Perhaps it's just that the artist painted around on blank area, I've done that before too.

Marie, did you used to use a feather to wipe the bubbles from the etched lines in the plate while it sat in the acid etch solution? =)

 

You mean this one? I don't think so because of the circled areas outside of the edge:


No, I was in art school and they didn't teach us about using a feather. They did teach us that Krylon sprayed on the plate also protects it from the acid, that way we could get a dot pattern in some areas and fill in others with the resist that we then could scratch away.

 

Good point, your eyes are far keener than mine, Marie! Thanks. I just noticed how distinctive his "heads" were and wondered if he used that technique. Ok, not.

I never knew about Krylon. We coated our plates with a black tar goo, then scratched through that! I loved making the plates, but the printing process, not so much.

The color example of this artist's work appears to have been done on a lithography stone, now that I look very closely..? @Marie Forjan - what do you think?

 

The picture I showed - the colored picture - is a good quality reproduction (purchased from the artist's gallery in Toronto back in the '70s), but it is a photo-litho repro, and worth less now than it cost then.

 

THANKS MOS!! It's really a beautiful painting.

Are you saying - it's actually a reproduction of his original lithography piece?

 

I wonder what gallery holds the original, if any?

 

His original is a painting. I have no idea where it is now. This poster-like reproduction was marketed through the gallery.

I have 2 others:




I don't know where these paintings are now - probably in private hands - but his paintings can sometimes be found online. They don't bring monster prices.

 

I don't know much about lithos, I never did that but I did see one being worked on in the studio. I was amazed how thick the stone was!

 

It's off track but I guess photo-lithography was the wrong term to use: offset lithography would have been better. Neither is much like the original wet-stone lithographic process, which used very thick, highly polished limestone plates. All of these are relief printing processes.

kardinalisimo's print appears to be an etching, which is an intaglio print... an entirely different thing.

 

Thanks! MOS I like his work!

Ditto in every way.

Thanks MOS, I understand the differences, much appreciated.