Solarplate is a prepared light sensitive polymer surface on a steel backing for artists to produce fine prints.
Solar plate etching.
Solarplates are carefully packaged with interleaf papers and placed in a corrugated box.
As a consequence of this the unexposed plate surface is soft and can be damaged during plate handling or from foreign matter on the film.
Solarplate resins are designed to be flexible.
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Solar plate etching is a prepared light sensitive polymer surface on a steel backed plate used to produce fine photographic reproductions with great detail.
The elaborate decoration of armour in germany at least was an art probably imported from italy around the end of the 15th century little earlier than the birth of etching as a printmaking.
Unfortunately it is not a very environmentally friendly technique as it involves sheets of metal usually made of copper or zinc and acid used to etch the print onto the metal.
Etching by goldsmiths and other metal workers in order to decorate metal items such as guns armour cups and plates has been known in europe since the middle ages at least and may go back to antiquity.
Plates should be handled carefully so as not to damage the plate surface.
Solarplate is a light sensitized steel backed polymer material used by artists as an alternative to hazardous printing techniques.
An eco friendly alternative to traditional etching traditional etching is a printmaking process that dates back 500 years.