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Nature printing is a printing process, developed in the 18th century, that uses the plants, animals, rocks and other natural subjects to produce an image. The subject undergoes several stages to give a direct impression onto materials such as lead, gum, and photographic plates, which are then used in the printing process.
Blackberry. Vienna Dioscurides, early sixth century Tuft of Cowslips (1526) by Albrecht Dürer, gouache on vellum, collection of the National Gallery of Art Electrotype - 'nature printing' by Alois Auer (1853) East Indian Lotus (Nelumbo nucifera), Gouache on oriental paper, late 19th century, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Although watercolor paper is a preferred medium, cotton, wool and even gelatin sizing on nonporous surfaces have been used. Care should be taken to avoid alkaline-buffered papers, which degrade the image over time. An image can be produced by exposing sensitised paper to a source of ultraviolet light (such as sunlight) as a contact print.
The printing of both the text and the image pages used stochastic lithography in order to create outstanding quality prints from the original watercolours. Stochastic lithography is an advancement in printing technology that can give a better print quality, cleaner more dynamic and accurate colour images, and reduce running waste.
Sun printing may also refer to a photographic process using potassium dichromate which produces a negative plate for conventional lithographic printing. The process uses a film of gelatine spread on a flat and rigid surface. This is coated with a dilute solution of potassium dichromate and dried in low light conditions.
It has been described as "one of the outstanding botanical works of this century." [1] The paintings themselves are watercolours on Arches rag paper. The three volumes comprise plates reproduced using offset printing, and bound in green leather. [2] Alex George wrote the accompanying text. Rosser began working on the series in 1974.
The printer Johann Jakob Hunziker worked at the Basel Mission Press from 1857 to 1862 and set upon working on a series of botanical prints in which he used actual plant leaves which were inked onto lithographic plates. His work distributed in a limited set of copies included more than a 100 species of local plants.
Bertha Jaques: Botanical Prints and Photographs (Jan. 19 – May 12, 2013), Cedar Rapids Museum of Art Americans Abroad (Feb. 2 – May 11, 2008), Cedar Rapids Museum of Art Bertha E. Jaques (1863-1941): An American Printmaker—A Retrospective, (April - May 1982), Gerhard Wurzer Gallery, Houston, TX
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