The first trials at a photogravure image.
Two hands together. 11×8″. Two colour Photogravure.2025.
The Durer hands have been in my ambience since childhood. As a small A5 print they have accompanied me for all these years as something important as a drawing and some form of spiritual aspiration.
The praying hands in this print are my own. Photographed in a mirror, converted to a digital file to be edited in preparation to be transferred directly to a photopolymer plate. It is then exposed to UV light, developed in water and cured in sunlight before hand inking and printing on paper.
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The Printing Process
Rather than mono printing with the warm red black used on the previous hands print series, the background is a blue green mixed to reflect the hand made blue paper of the Durer inspiration.
The final outcome. video courtesy Anderson & Loe
Background to the Durer drawing, on his hand made blue paper.
À la poupée
The technique used to make the two colour prints is À la poupée. The two colours are achieved by inking a single plate with two inks. the background blue first and the black second. Below are some useful links to the process and history.
A la poupee: demo
A la poupee : “with a doll’ or dolly printing: https://russborough.com/printing_tech/a_la_poupee.html
History: https://historyrevisited.com.au/a-la-poupee-pierre-joseph-redoute/
Direct to plate photo polymer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvwQV90QE-k&t=21s
Cone editions direct to plte calibrated . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZrV_y14Df4
A la poupee wiki. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/À_la_poupée
Early solarplate : https://ncsw.org/blog/2017/6/7/the-birth-of-polymer-printmaking
Dan welden demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X346IoA2af0
https://www.revshirleymurphy.co.uk/post/the-story-of-the-praying-hands-painting
A second trial is embarked upon.
Using the same plate a return to the warm black monotone technique.
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The Printing Process
