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Gilding the Lily Pads
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Gilding the Lily Pads

Backside gilded image - photogravure printed on Kozo paper
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Location
North Carolina Museum of Art - Raleigh NC
Equipment Used
Nikon Z6/Pelican Ingaglio Press
Paper & Developer
Kozo
Hybrid Materials & Processing
Photogravure image, Intaglio printed on Kozo - varnished and gilded in backside with leaf
Digital Post Processing Details
lightroom, usual B&W conversion, some levels and contrast - Plate printed with quadtone rip and photogravure profile.
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So this is a photogravure that the plate is printed with some sort of inkjet???

Nice print, would like to see how it's done. 👍
 
KYsailor
mshchem said:
I know just enough to ask a lot of dumb questions
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no problem, a photopolymer plate is directly printed with the image using an inkjet printer. The plate is exposed to UV light and them " developed" in a water bath that dissolves the unexposed areas. The resulting plate has "relief" and is then inked, wiped and run through a press with a piece of dampened paper (in this case kozo). The print dries and I then varnished it ( front and back) to make it more translucent. I then applied "faux" gold leafing on the back side)... the leafing approach was developed by a gentleman named Dan Burkholder (https://www.danburkholder.com/#/).
 
KYsailor said:
no problem, a photopolymer plate is directly printed with the image using an inkjet printer. The plate is exposed to UV light and them " developed" in a water bath that dissolves the unexposed areas. The resulting plate has "relief" and is then inked, wiped and run through a press with a piece of dampened paper (in this case kozo). The print dries and I then varnished it ( front and back) to make it more translucent. I then applied "faux" gold leafing on the back side)... the leafing approach was developed by a gentleman named Dan Burkholder (https://www.danburkholder.com/#/).
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Very nice. Lovely print!!!

My wife is an artist, she's done quite a bit of everything. She tried to explain this to me. I understand the process more or less. I have a small 8x10 inch letterpress. Some day I would like to get the modern version of a zinc linecut to print postcard backs on photos and the like.

The photo polymer approach seems to be what is used today, mounted on a wood block 😊
 

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Google Pixel 6a
Aperture
ƒ/1.73
Focal length
4.4 mm
Exposure time
1/120 second(s)
ISO
138
Flash
Off, did not fire
Filename
PXL_20250406_204124245 (2).jpg
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1.4 MB
Date taken
Sun, 06 April 2025 4:41 PM
Dimensions
2491px x 3332px

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