by Donna Adams
The Beginners Compendium to Nontoxic Printmaking by Donna Adams is a thoroughly researched e-Book that contains all of the key research from Keith Howard’s The Contemporary Printmaker across Photopolymer, Digital, Etch and Non-Etch Intaglio methods as well as Keith Howard’s acrylic resist etching systems and collagraph approaches, all in one book that was made with supervision and guidance by Keith Howard and his team at RIT. The text provides a very detailed and practical guide to all facets of this newly developed system of printmaking.
La Tienda, Antigua, Guatemala, 2007 — 4-plate photopolymer intaglio-type with photo stencil, image size 18” x 24”, framed size 28” x 34”,
Donna Adams received her Master of Fine Arts Degree from the University of Missouri, Columbia and the Graduate Certificate in Non-Toxic Intaglio Printmaking from Rochester Institute of Technology. Her RIT research is published here as ‘The Beginners Compendium’ – a comprehensive, easy-to-follow, illustrated guide which is a must for anyone interested in learning about and using the techniques of non-toxic intaglio printmaking. Adams taught photography and printmaking at the University of Indianapolis.
Intaglio Compendium, Part 1
Intaglio Type
1. Compared to Traditional Intaglio | 2. ImagOn Photopolymer and Plates | 3. Spray Lamination | 4. Immersion Lamination | 5. Exposure Units | 6. Aquatint Screen Exposur | 7. Image Exposure | 8. Mix the Developer | 9. Test the Developer | 10. Standard ImagOn Development
Intaglio Compendium, Part 2
Intaglio Type
11.Paper Preparation | 12. Ink the Plate | 13. Print the ImagOn Plate | 14. Remove Akua Inks | 15. Reclaim the Plate | 16. Drying the Print | 17. Label and Touch-Up the Edition | 18. Toner-Wash Preparation | 19. Wash-Drawing Intaglio-Type | 20. Direct Intaglio-Type
Intaglio Compendium, Part 3
Intaglio Type
Mezzo-Type | 22. Spit-bite Intaglio-Type | 23. Stencil Intaglio-Type | 24. Pastel Intaglio-Type | 25. Line Intaglio-Type | 26. Text-Stencil Intaglio-Type | 27. Photo Intaglio-Type | 28. Digital-Halftone Intaglio-Type | 29. Digital-Halftone Intaglio-Type for Monotone Photo Stencils | 30. Layered Intaglio-Type
Intaglio Compendium, Part 4
Intaglio Type
31.Wrinkled Intaglio-Type | 32. Construction Intaglio-Type | 33. Crackle Intaglio-Type | 34. Ghost Printing with Paper Stencils | 35. A La Poupee Inking | 36. Digital-Halftone Intaglio-Type for Process Color Photo Stencils | 37. 4-Color Inversion Printing | 38. Printing with Chine Collé | 39. Reworking Techniques
Intaglio Compendium, Part 5
Metal Salt and Acrylic Resist Etching
1.Compared to Traditional Intaglio | 2. Edinburgh Etch | 3. Copper and Brass Plates | 4. Saline Sulfate Etch | 5. Acrylic Resists | 6. Acrylic Soft Ground Resists | 7. Acrylic Hard Ground Resists | 8. Acrylic Aquatint Resists | 9. Pre-Thinning Photo-Emulsion Stencils | 10. Photo-Emulsion Text Stencils | 11. Photo-Emulsion Bitmap Stencils
Full Compendium as Single PDF file:
