Polymer Photogravure

Polymer Photogravure: A Step-by-Step Manual Highlighting Artists and Their Creative Practice is a three-part book on the non-toxic process of making ink-on-paper intaglio prints from continuous-tone photographs using water-etched photopolymer plates.Author Clay Harmon provides clear and easy to understand instructions that will enable anyone to successfully make a photogravure print. Section Two covers a step-by-step method of making the print from start to finish. By quantifying the sensitometric behavior of polymer plates, Harmon has developed a methodical approach which will enable a new printmaker to produce plates in their own studio with a minimum of time and wasted materials.Section One provides a straightforward guide to setting up the polymer photogravure studio.

Section Three showcases contemporary artists' works, illustrating the variety and artistic breadth