You may know I'm interested in different ways of printing my work and I've spent some time exploring photopolymer photogravure. In October, I was fortunate enough to spend 5 days at Art Print Residence in Arenys de Munt, about 40 km from Barcelona, under the guidance of Silvi Glattauer. (Those of you who live in Australia may know of Silvi who works out of Baldessin Studio in Victoria and, yes, I could have studied with her in either Melbourne or Canberra, but Spain beckoned.)
At the course I learnt a couple of colouring techniques - Chine-collé and à la poupée. Since returning to Oz, I've spent a few hours in a Megalo in Canberra doing some more printing and have much more planned.
Briefly, photopolymer photogravure involves printing an image onto a plate, exposing the plate (which 'etches' the image into the surface), applying ink to the plate and passing it through a press. It's a lovely, slow, physical process.
Thought I'd share a couple of pics with you. Apologies for the quality of the file - the pics are a little wonky - iphone photos of my images.
In camera double exposure - Montpellier, France - printed in black
Jerrabomberra wetlands, printed in sepia with greens and yellows added à la poupée (the colour is added by hand to the inked plate, before the plate is passed through the press).
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