I’m really enjoying the sepia ink. It reminds me of the color of Palladium prints. Tonight I realized a couple of things about gravure printing. One is to forget about my expectations for an image, and let the image print itself. The second is to exercise a form of controlled abandon when inking plates allowing things to unfold as they’re going to. The lily plate was exposed for 1 minute in the UV light box. When I got over to the press I decided to trim the corners on the plate for added character. The plate was inked heavily with sepia etching ink mixed with easy wipe compound. The pressure was cranked down considerably to pull a deep shadow out of the thin plate. I like how this one turned out.
Lily (Gravure on Hahnemuhle Copperplate 300gsm in sepia) 4″x4″

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