Category: Photogravure

Copper photogravures, solarplates, photo intagio, polymer gravures and heliogravures are all printmaking techniques, where a photograph is set in a plate, the plate inked and the image transferred to a paper.

Photogravure on copper

Andrea Canducci shows us how to make prints using a printing system from the electronics world.

Heliogravure

Arrigo Mamone shows an alternative working method in heliography, preparing his own pigment paper.

Photo polymer gravure – the why’s

David Hoptman argues for using the process to get "hands on" photography work done, ideally combined with Photoshop.

Photopolymers – a brief description

A Photopolymer plate is a metal plate coated with a light sensitive film and is ordinary made to use in graphic industry. This is a non-toxic process.