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Klappentext Thorough, comprehensive handbook covers materials and equipment, tools, printing papers, presses, and other essentials. Detailed instructions for etching - hard ground, soft ground, aquatint, sugar lift - engraving, drypoint, collagraphs, tuilegraphs, and the Blake transfer method. Profusely illustrated; also includes bibliography and updated list of suppliers. "Excellent, comprehensive . . . superbly organized." - AB Bookman's Weekly. Zusammenfassung Comprehensive handbook covers materials and equipment, tools, printing papers, presses, and other essentials. Detailed instructions for etching, engraving, drypoint, collagraphs, tuilegraphs, and the Blake transfer method. Inhaltsverzeichnis IntroductionPART ONE. GENERAL INFORMATION Chapter 1. Materials and Equipment Chapter 2. Tools Chapter 3. Printing Papers Chapter 4. Presses Chapter 5. WorkshopPART TWO. ETCHING TECHNIQUES Chapter 6. Formulas for Grounds and Inks Chapter 7. Hard Ground Chapter 8. Soft Ground Chapter 9. Aquatint Chapter 10. Sugar Lift Chapter 11. White Ground Chapter 12. AcidsPART THREE. PRINTING TECHNIQUES Chapter 13. Basic Printing Chapter 14. Double Intaglio Printing Chapter 15. Color Printing and Embossing Chapter 16. Viscosity Method Chapter 17. Viscosity and AquatintPART FOUR. OTHER MEDIUMS AND METHODS Chapter 18. Drypoint Chapter 19. Engraving Chapter 20. Colagraphs Chapter 21. Tuilegraphs Chapter 22. Blake Transfer MethodPART FIVE. APPENDIX Things Every Printmaker Should Know and Doesn't Know Whom To Ask Glossary Supplies and Suppliers Bibliography Index
List of contents
Introduction
PART ONE. GENERAL INFORMATION
Chapter 1. Materials and Equipment
Chapter 2. Tools
Chapter 3. Printing Papers
Chapter 4. Presses
Chapter 5. Workshop
PART TWO. ETCHING TECHNIQUES
Chapter 6. Formulas for Grounds and Inks
Chapter 7. Hard Ground
Chapter 8. Soft Ground
Chapter 9. Aquatint
Chapter 10. Sugar Lift
Chapter 11. White Ground
Chapter 12. Acids
PART THREE. PRINTING TECHNIQUES
Chapter 13. Basic Printing
Chapter 14. Double Intaglio Printing
Chapter 15. Color Printing and Embossing
Chapter 16. Viscosity Method
Chapter 17. Viscosity and Aquatint
PART FOUR. OTHER MEDIUMS AND METHODS
Chapter 18. Drypoint
Chapter 19. Engraving
Chapter 20. Colagraphs
Chapter 21. Tuilegraphs
Chapter 22. Blake Transfer Method
PART FIVE. APPENDIX
Things Every Printmaker Should Know and Doesn't Know Whom To Ask
Glossary
Supplies and Suppliers
Bibliography
Index
