#Intaglio plate professional#

When applied to a properly cleaned plate, our HARD BALL GROUND yields superior results in the intricacy of detail which may be needled into it without fear of flaking, foul biting or failure in the strongest acid baths normally used in the etching process.ġ44 SOFT GROUND (Also called Soft Wax or Ceramolle) It may be smoked it the artist desires although that step is not essential to the use of his ground. It is rubbed directly onto the moderately heated plate and spread thinly with a taffeta dabber. This is our traditional ball ground shaped into lump form. Solvents: Turpentine, benzine, mineral spirits.

#Intaglio plate professional#

Its advantages become immediately apparent in multi-colour printing.Īs the artist is able to work with much greater speed, the vexing problems of expansion and contraction of the dampened paper are minimized, thus making polychrome printing much easier and resulting in the highest professional quality prints with a minimum of off-register proofs. It allows the artist to work more rapidly and flexibly than he would be able when using the traditional oils, additives and extenders in his inks. This medium is especially useful for colour intaglio works, viscosity printing and the collagraph print. When mixed with our intaglio inks it does no alter the consistency of the paste or the tone of the colours.

Our INTAGLIO GEL MEDIUM, which is an exclusive Artools formula, is a gelatine-like transparent oil paste. Through the use of our oils and dryer the intaglio artist can formulate his own ink mixtures imparting to them those characteristics which best suit his individual needs. Our INTAGLIO GEL MEDIUM which is a new product, may be used in place of the traditional oils as an ink additive to impart certain handling characteristics to the inks.Īs all oil mediums will lengthen the ink mixture and reduce its viscosity, they should be used sparingly.

Our intaglio oils are formulated for use as traditional ink additives to fluidify and alter the viscosity of the ink (when that is desired).