Method of printing by which an image is engraved into a plate (zine/copper) which is then covered in a thick layer of ink and rubbed with a tarlatan clothe to remove the excess. The final wipe is sometime done using newspaper so ink is only left in the creases.Then damp paper is placed on top and run through a printing press.
After researching different printing methods which would of been available at the time of the riot in 1908 I've decided to focus on screen printing as earlier methods would limit my design making it difficult to produce due to the facilities available. Additionally screen printing will provide a clean and clear print in order to create a more powerful impact on my audience that more primitive methods.
Lithography 1796:
Method of printing that uses chemical processors to create an image. The positive uses a hydrophobic chemical while the negative image is water, when the plate is introduced to the compatible ink the ink will adhere to the positive image and the water will clean the negative image. The flat printing nature of this process allowed for longer runs per printing plate.
Method of printing that uses chemical processors to create an image. The positive uses a hydrophobic chemical while the negative image is water, when the plate is introduced to the compatible ink the ink will adhere to the positive image and the water will clean the negative image. The flat printing nature of this process allowed for longer runs per printing plate.
Offset Lithography:
Depending on the photographic processes flexible aluminium, polyester or paper printing plates can be used as the photographic negative is placed in contact with emulsion and developed using UV light.
Depending on the photographic processes flexible aluminium, polyester or paper printing plates can be used as the photographic negative is placed in contact with emulsion and developed using UV light.
Colour Printing:
chromolithography was one of the most successful colour printing methods which involves multiple lithographic stones and is extremely expensive as a stone is require for each colour. Cost can be minimised by simplifying the colours used and the detail within the image itself. The printing process itself is based on the rejection of grease by water as the image is applied to stone, zinc or aluminium surfaces with a grease based crayon or ink. The image is then gummed up with a gum acid solution and weak nitrate acid to desensitise the surface so an oil based ink can be used ot print the image using a flat bed press.
Offset Printing 1870:
Printing method in which an inked image is transferred from plate to rubber blanket and then to a printing surface. Offset printing can be used in combination with the lithographic processes.
Printing method in which an inked image is transferred from plate to rubber blanket and then to a printing surface. Offset printing can be used in combination with the lithographic processes.
Screen Printing 1910:
Modern printing method which was first patented in 1907. Its a processes by which mess is used to transfer ink onto a substrate, a squeegee is then moved across the screen to fill the mesh apertures with ink. This contact with the substrate allows the ink to wet the substrate causing a print to form. Its a processes which requires an image to be exposed onto the screen using light reactive emulsion which once exposed leaves the design which can then be printed.
After researching different printing methods which would of been available at the time of the riot in 1908 I've decided to focus on screen printing as earlier methods would limit my design making it difficult to produce due to the facilities available. Additionally screen printing will provide a clean and clear print in order to create a more powerful impact on my audience that more primitive methods.
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