Relief Printing Tutorial, 3D printed

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Relief Printing. Image: Detail of Edward Munch(†1944), Skriet, 1895. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edvard_Munch _You will need:_ 1. Relief printing plate (3d printed) 2. Spatula (not crucial) 3. Rubber roller (crucial) 4. Etching ink (for etching on copper you will probably need the real copper ink, not water soluble) 5. pane of glass (crucial) _How to_: -Add a small dot of ink to glass pane -use spatula to smear out the ink -roll until you get a smooth layer of ink onto the rubber roller -roll with a very gentle hand onto the relief print -roll diagonal to every corner so the rubber roller does not roll of the edge of the relief -press edge of paper firmly onto the table at edge and let the paper gently drop over relief plate. -first press gently with hand -use backside of spoon to rubb the paper really hard to the relief print. About the 3D-printed relief plate (recommended number) -Base of plate -> 1.5 - 2mm -relief -> 0.2 - 0.5 mm Comments: If you want a really really nice prints, you will need an artist print press and some thicker printpapers. Also, you will need to review the relief print very carefully at the design stage. The paper needs to have some moisture to it to pick up the ink well. If you want to print on copper for etching curcuit boards, you will probably need the oilbased etching ink and not the water soluble. (I'll see if I make any testing with the water soluble, it might work once dry?)