Contemporary Printmaking: Safer Intaglio Techniques and Processes by Mark Graver is a practical guide to safer, more sustainable approaches to intaglio printmaking. Focusing on acrylic resist etching and metal salt mordants, it explores techniques for working with copper, aluminum, zinc and steel, including hard and soft grounds, aquatints, lift resists, wash resists and experimental processes using accessible, lower risk materials.
Fully illustrated with process photography and finished artwork, the book also covers drypoint, collagraphy, photopolymer, laser engraving and digital hybrid methods. Graver combines detailed technical instruction with guidance on setting up a home studio, selecting more environmentally conscious inks and cleaners, and developing affordable and accessible working practices, demonstrating how traditional and contemporary printmaking techniques can be combined creatively.
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
- Paperback: 224 pages
- Dimensions: 246 x 189mm
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9781789943573
