Experimental
Printmaking Process
Viewpoint
Studio,
Marshfield
Hills,
Massachusetts,1997
" Looking
Back"
30x22
inches (76 x 56 cm)
©Dorothy
Simpson
Krause
1997
The
key
source
image
was
a
photograph
of
a
street
scene
in
Oxaca,
Mexico
taken
by
Swiss
photogtrapher
Viola
Kaumlen.
It
was
cropped
to
focus
on
a
woman
looking
over
her
shoulder.
The
other
two
images
were
a
photograph
of
a
peeling,
rusty
globe
and
a
black
and
white
tower
from
Desk
Gallery,
Zedcor,
Inc.
copyright-free
cd-rom.
Eleven layers
with different composite choices and adjustment options were used to
make the digital file.
The file was
flipped horizontally in the Cactus RIP and printed on an Encad Novajet
Pro 50 using QIS white film. The paper, an Indian Bagasse handmade paper,
was thoroughly soaked in water, drained then blotted.
The printed
image was placed on the wet paper, covered with printmaking blankets
and put through an etching press. The image from the film transfers
almost totally to the paper. The final print was enhanced with metallic
pastels and pigment.
*The secret
of digital transfers is the precoat which encapsulates the waterbased
inkjet dyes and releases them to damp paper by capillary action. All
Encad QIS products work well, including film, canvas and photo glossy
paper.