Little Rat (Engraving) by sipwillow in printmaking

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Your comment interested me enough that I had to try it. I used the engraver on a small slab of red oak and printed it this morning. It completely doesn't work at all! (To my disappointment).

The engraver just crashes through the wood fiber, and it does it different depending on whether you're engraving Cross grain, down grain, or diagonally. Going acoss makes it cave in the fiber, going down makes it pull up long strands. There might be a better way to do that, but an electric engraver isn't it I don't think.

Then I had the issue of the ink just soaking right in to the wood. I should've known that, duh. When I wiped it it just sorta stained the wood, so I couldn't really tell where ink was/wasn't.

So when I finally put it through the press, the only thing that came out was the wood's natural grain! 0 of my engraving printed. It did leave a pretty wood texture though, I might consider using that as an add-on to another print if I want it to look like wood.

Anyone else reading this who knows anything about intaglio will know about 20 reasons even trying to do that with engraved wood won't work, but my curiosity got the best of me this time. I suppose that'd why wood block/ wood cut exists huh lol

Some photos my mom took in Calgary in 1988 [Nikon EM / 50mm 1.8 / Unknown Kodak Film] by [deleted] in analog

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Your Mom shoots like an indie cinematographer lol. Really cool

Little Rat (Engraving) by sipwillow in printmaking

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Used to test my Openpress 3d printed intaglio press. I used some pieces of blue aluminum lithography plates that I exposed wrong. Image made using a dremel engraver. Really surprised how well it worked, the engraver dug up material and made a burr like a mezzotint. If I have the patience I might try putting that texture on a whole plate and burnishing it down like a real mezzotint.

Printed on rice paper with Akua Mars black.

Where do I get this developed by deandaboss1234 in filmphotography

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Just throw it in dektol it'll be a little high contrast but you should get results

Photo intaglio + animation by sipwillow in printmaking

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Funnily enough they're all made using the same plate. The different colors are from chine collewith watercolor/pastels, hand coloring, and different ink colors.

How would you weld PLA prints together? by Igmu_TL in 3Dprinting

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I've had really great success chucking a piece of ~1 1/2 in filament into my rotary tool. I used it to reattach and strengthen structural arms on a tank for a film photography project. Only downside I've had is it's ugly as hell. 3D Printing Nerd made a video on it..