Intaglio: Caster Printing

Intaglio: Caster Printing Research
This research presents a substitute for an Etching Press to provide quality printing for Intaglio plates while teaching online printmaking classes during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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1. Intaglio: Caster Printing Original Research by Sheila Goloborotko
2. Intaglio: Caster Printing Research This research aims to find a substitute for an Etching Press to provide quality printing for Intaglio plates while teaching online printmaking classes during the COVID-19 pandemic. Premise: Find a tool to produce maximum pressure per square inch to mimic the results of a printing press. Experiments: • Casters • Metal Rollers
3. Experiment: Test printing with a metal conveyer belt roller. Result: Metal roller printing produced an unsatisfactory result.
4. Experiment: Test printing with an old, highly used flat caster.
5. Result: Caster printing produced the same result as an etching press with a zinc plate (etching and aquatint.)
6. Result: Caster printing produced the same result as an etching press with an acrylic plate (drypoint.)
7. Experiment: Find an available caster in the market that can produce the same result as the old, flat, and highly used caster.
8. Result: Best print was produced with a 3” Solid Poly Rigid Caster, rated 275 lbs. Item was purchased at Harbor Freight Tools for $4.49, June 2020 in Jacksonville, FL.
9. Observation: New caster is curved and has a seam in the center that would cause printing defects.
10. Solution: Sand caster with 220G Silicon Wet/ Dry Sandpaper to eliminate curvature and seam. Sand until seam is gone and caster is totally flat.
11. For step-by-step printing instructions: https://youtu.be/IwW6SV9f2ms
12. In Memoriam of George Floyd, 1973-2020
13. BLACK LIVES MATTER
14. www.goloborotko.com s.goloborotko@unf.edu