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First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
List of contents
A Brief History
Making the Film Positive
Sensitizing the Gelatin Tissue
Preparing the Copper
Exposing the Gelatin Tissue
Adhering and Developing the Gelatin Tissue
Preparing the Ferric Chloride
Etching the Plate
The Printing Process
Alternative and Historic Methods and Materials
Directions For The Home Manufacture Of Carbon Tissue For Photogravure Printing - by Sandy
Safety Considerations
Making a Random-patterned Hard-dot Screen
Testing for Correct Exposure with your Light System
Flashing for Contrast Control
Step Scale Density Chart
Converting Specific Gravity to Baumé Degrees
The Chemistry of Etching with Iron(III) Chloride Exposure and Etch Form
Printing Ink Tests
Paper Chart for Photogravure Printing
The Conventions for Editioning Prints
Suppliers
Reference Bibliography
Illustration Credits and Contributors
Glossary
Index
About the author
David Morrish is a professor at Sir Wilfred Grenfell College, Memorial University of Newfoundland and past head and chair of the Visual Arts Program. He teaches all levels of photography, and has taught several senior level students the photogravure process. He has also taught and worked with alternative photographic processes such as cyanotype and gum bichromate printing. His photographic and photogravure work has been shown across Canada and internationally, and he has been supported by several Canada Council Grants.
Marlene MacCallum is a professor at Sir Wilfred Grenfell College, Memorial University of Newfoundland and past chair of the Visual Arts Program. Her primary teaching area is printmaking, all media and levels, and her secondary areas are introductory photography and drawing. She has taught the photogravure process to several senior level students and in workshops. She lectures and exhibits nationally and internationally. Her photogravure prints and book works have won a variety of awards, including the Grand Prize at the first International Contemporary Print Biennial in Trois-Rivières, Quebec and Honorable Mention from the Nexus Book Prize in Atlanta, Georgia.
