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WORK
IN PROGRESS, Yosemite print |
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In
September I backpacked in Yosemite National Park with friends. While camped
at Mildred Lake I took a photograph of the view west from the lake. This view
includes Half Dome, Clouds Rest, and the eastern edge of Yosemite Valley. When
back home I decided to use this photo for a new aquatint. |
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The
edges of the new plate are beveled. The plate is also polished with very fine
steel wool and cleaned with alcohol. |
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A
draw tool is used to cut the copper plate to the desired size. In this case
18.5" x 8". |
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The
slide I have decided to work from is scanned into the computer. Photoshop is
used to crop the image and convert it into black and white. A copy is made.
It is then flipped (to compensate for the image reversal that happens when a
plate is printed) and broken into four parts (to make it easier to work from).
These images are printed onto photo paper. They will be what I refer to as I
draw onto the new plate. |
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The
plate is covered with powdered rosin and then placed on a hotplate. |
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The
heat melts the rosin into small acid resistant dots on the plate. This view
is about 1/2 inch by 1/4 inch. |
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