Took several proofs from the second stone (see below)
on to the prints from the first stone (see below) that I had made on Fabriano Rosepina paper
The idea being that the resulting print would give a greater depth of tone and different inking methods -that wouldnt have been able to have been achieved by using just one stone
I tried to register the prints from the first stone on the second stone - but frustratingly I hadnt given myself much leeway and they were slightly out ..... - Serena (my tutor) showed a way of making registration more accurate. She turned one of the prints overleaf and placed it on a light box - a vertical line from the print where the mis registration was consistently occurring was registered in pencil on the back of the print.
On the stone the same vertical line was found on the image and a heavy ruler laid on the inked stone - (newsprint was placed on the stone first so that the print didnt pick up any miscellaneous ink as it was orientated.) The line that had been drawn on the back of the print was placed so that it was in line with the ruler on the stone - the centre lines were then located on the print and the stone -and the print taken using velvet noir and burnt umber ink - it was still slightly out !! -
Serena suggested we tried another means of registering - this involved taking the first print and the cad foil that we used for registration and making sure they were lined up - scalpel cuts were made in the print where the centre lines corresponded with the cad foil - The worse areas of mis- registration were in the concrete pillar areas so thin strips of tissue paper were also cut and stuck to the prints before the second print was taken as a mask - this seemed to work well!
Heres one of the more successful prints (I am not going to show some of the others !)
Serena also suggested softly deleting some of the areas that we were having problems with with pumice and wet and dry paper. This was done in the areas of the white columns of the print-(see below) the idea being that I would to print up again at a later date to see if things improved
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