Pronto Plates
Want lithography without the giant stone?
Tough.
A lot of people insist that polyester prints are a type of lithography, including one of my favorite teachers from undergrad. It is a cheap, fast method of creating line drawing style images in printed format. Sounds like silk screen doesn’t it?
Here’s a site I found helpful in breaking down the process. untidy revelations
You need A LOT of water for this process, and forsake grey tones. I think pronto plates are best for their original purpose, which was magazine and advertisement. As you can run these plates through a printer as well as draw directly onto it with marker of crayon, I think a funky cook book is in order.
As far as the fine art of the polyester plate, I’m not so sure that is for me.
Embrace youtube with this helpful video. The sound is so-so, but the cutting map tip and the hands on demo will be worth the load time, believe me!
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOzw9dS1fqY
if the link doesn’t work, just type in “Z-Acryl Demo “ and you’ll find it. Full disclosure; I have not used Z-Acryl brand before.