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Nature Printing by Foilography |
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The foil
is taped to the back of the Plexiglas. |
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Carefully
flip the plate over so that the foil side is now facing upwards
and the Plexiglas is against a flat working surface about waist
high. Cover with a couple layers of felt. Lean as much of your
body weight as you can onto the handles of the rolling pin and
run it over the felt-covered sandwich several times in various
directions. The first pass should go from one of the open ends
of the foil toward the other. The second pass should be in the
reverse direction. Then run the rolling pin from side to side
and along the diagonals. Remove the felt and, providing you
have used enough pressure, your plate should show a good amount
of leaf detail. |
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The plate
showing the leaf detail. |
To
remove any wrinkles in the foil that may have formed,
carefully but firmly rub lengthwise along each wrinkle
using a cotton swab or the back of a fingernail. To complete
the plate, fold the two open ends of the foil tightly
around the Plexiglas and tape in place.
Some folks find the foil image so fascinating they
simply mount and frame it. That's fine as long as the
plant material is dry enough that it won't become moldy.
However, I developed this process for the purpose of making
multiple prints using the same piece of foil. |
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