It also has drying sheets hanging in the background. Suddenly information only accessible to a small number was available to the masses through the manufacture of countless copies with serious repercussions to public education and literacy.
#Intaglio press pdf
A PDF of the entire book can be found at the Biliothèque nationale de France’s website Gallica, though it doesn’t seem to include all the illustrations.Īnother of Mr Bosse’s etchings of the press in action, this one from The British Museum, shows plates being prepared for the press too. The Intaglio Press is made up of printing plate which you can use many times allowing numerous reproductions of the piece of work. I wanted to share a technique of pressless printing that I learned a long time ago from my friend, Margaret Craig, who teaches at the Southwest School or Arts in TX. Here Mr Bosse illustrates the method of pouring aqua fortis (dilute nitric acid) onto the copper plate in order to “bite” it.īelow is the frontispiece of Mr Bosse’s book, which is entitled Traicté des manières de graver en taille douce sur l’airin. Printing Intaglio Without a Press If you are just starting out, a student or dont have the room for a nice press, printing intaglio work can be quite a challenge. (Intaglio printing works from an image recessed into a metal plate, not from letterpress’ raised image.) As may been judged from all the pictures of intaglio presswork, considerable effort was required to create enough pressure for a clean impression. In order to facilitate the transfer of the ink from plate to paper, hand press operators would dampen the paper before printing. Previously printed sheets can be seen hanging from the clothes-line like ropes behind the pressman.
#Intaglio press manual
This illustration comes from a 1745 edition of Abraham Bosse’s manual on intaglio printmaking, first printed 100 years earlier. This etching is one of the exhibits in the Folger Library’s exhibition “Beyond Words: Book Illustration in the Age of Shakespeare.” This exhibition goes on until June 3rd, 2018.
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