Solar Plate Etching
Etching by goldsmiths and other metal workers in order to decorate metal items such as guns armour cups and plates has been known in europe since the middle ages at least and may go back to antiquity.
Solar plate etching. Solarplate is a light sensitized steel backed polymer material used by artists as an alternative to hazardous printing techniques. Plates should be handled carefully so as not to damage the plate surface. Learn how to prepare your artwork expose and print from your solar plate in this two day course. Since dan welden s development of the process in the 1970s printmakers painters photographers and art teachers.
Solarplate is a prepared light sensitive polymer surface on a steel backing for artists to produce fine prints. Solar plate etching is a prepared light sensitive polymer surface on a steel backed plate used to produce fine photographic reproductions with great detail. Solarplate resins are designed to be flexible. Printmaking with solarplate is a simple approach and safer alternative to traditional etching and relief printing.
An eco friendly alternative to traditional etching traditional etching is a printmaking process that dates back 500 years. Solar plates are a simple safe and fast approach to etching and relief printing that does not use grounds acids or solvents. As a consequence of this the unexposed plate surface is soft and can be damaged during plate handling or from foreign matter on the film.