Creating Solar Plates

My final images, one in black and white and the other has color added. Such fun!

I spent an exciting two days at the Goddard Partridge Studio in Pawtucket Rhode Island creating solar plates to printmake with. Using photographs that I had taken and printed on mylar, we placed them on top of the plate and under glass. Exposing them to sunlight, etched the surface of a specially prepared metal plate. Regina Partridge, Richard Harrington and I listened intently as Carol Fitzsimmonds explained and demonstrated the ins and outs of this process. I am excited to bring this process into Angell Fine Arts as a addition to our wonderful products.

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Using the sun to expose the plates was like magic!

Viewing a finished plate. The sun disappeared so we used a light box.

Richard washing off the plate to remove the areas exposed by the light.

Carol is wiping ink out of the image while Richard is watching.

Regina is working on her image.

Carol is inking up a roller.

My plate with a fun image of Kyle.