For this experiment, I chose to use the intaglio printing technique. The reason I chose this is because mark making on the acetate can be utilised in order to create tones and textures and it is easy to experiment with different colours without losing the shape or form of the image itself, allowing me to compare which colour schemes work best with the images to create tone.
The first step I took was to draw out the subject matter that I wanted to do the intaglio print of and I used biro to mark where I wanted the shadows and darker tones to be when creating the image on acetate.
Next, I used a craft knife to scratch the image into the acetate, placing the plastic over the image so that I had a rough guide. I used cross-hatching to create more markings in order to have more darker tones that would stand out when printing.
Once I completed scratching into the acetate, I trimmed it down and inked the plates up with black intaglio ink. I then dampened some paper and removed the excess with newspaper so that the paper would take in the ink more. I then proceeded to add dabs of watercolour paint to a couple of pieces of paper to see what effect would be accomplished and ran each piece of paper through the printing press with the intaglio plate on top each time.
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| Print with watercolour paint dabbed into the background |
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| Print with watercolour paint dabbed into the background |
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| Normal intaglio print |
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| Normal intaglio print |
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| Intaglio print with ink wiped onto the plate to create gradients |
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| Intaglio print with ink wiped onto the plate to create gradients |
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