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We each drew a sketch on a piece of clear plastic and then set the solarplate with the sketch on top, in the sun
to develop.
The UV hardens the polymer where it is not maked by the sketch.
Then we scrubbed the solarplate in waer with a stiff brush to remove the unexposed material masked by the
sketch lines.
Since this was our first try at solarplate, we made some mistakes. Next time we'll do better.
The prints were made by rolling ink out on a glossy newspaper insert with a hard rubber brayer and then transferred
onto the solarplate.
The wet BFK Reeves paper and solarplate were sandwiched between two sections of newspaper and the whole thing rolled
with a small wooden roller used to flatten wallpaper seams.
We made several prints. These were the best and are in Alex's private collection. He graciously allowed me
to place photos of them on my web site.
Don Vallere 1050 Wyomissing Blvd, Wyomissing, PA 19610 (610) 517-3564
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