Our friends at PEEL sent along this announcement for a cool looking show:
Due Process: An educational exhibit about the many processes of printmaking
Curated by: Kevin Orlosky
First Friday Opening Reception April 3rd 7-11pm
Exhibit runs through April 28th
Gallery5
200 West Marshall Street
Richmond, Virginia 23220
Printmaking is one of the most versatile forms of art making. It has been used by artists for thousands of years. It has had tremendous advancements over the years while the traditional techniques are still being used. Artists are usually drawn to its methodology, intimacy, and subtlety. One advantage to printmaking is that prints can be editioned so that multiples of the same image may be sold. Because of this, printmaking has been used in the reproduction market. Unfortunately outside of the fine art and collector world, a reproduction is what is generally thought of when someone mentions the word “print.” This is mostly due to the size of the greedy art reproduction industry. “Due Process” aims to end this stigma that has hindered the reputation of fine art prints to the general public. Fine art prints are original artwork that has been produced by the artist’s hand. Due Process will showcase not only the end result of the artist’s works, but will exhibit and explain the steps, tools and materials involved in each print process.
Artists included in the show: Deberah Chaney, Robert brown, Beth Grabowski, Kevin Haas, Keith Howard, Martha Oatway, Andrea Olson, Kevin Orlosky, Judith O’Rourke, Justin Rice, Deepa Swanson, Dan Weldon, Team8 Press

The following demonstrations will be given during the opening exhibit:
Monotype: Demonstration by Art on Wheels.
Silkscreen: Demonstration by Team8 Press.
Artists and Processes included in the Exhibit:
Deborah Chaney // Photo Lithography
Deberah Chaney is the collaborative printer at Robert Blackburn Press in New York, NY. She has also worked as a printer in Tamarind Institute the most highly respected print shop and school for lithography in the US.
Robert Brown // Photogravure
Robert brown is a Professor of Printmaking at Savannah College of Art and Design. He is one of a handful of photogravure experts across the country.
Beth Grabowski // Photo Collagraph
Beth Grabowski is a Professor of Art at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. From 1994-1997 she was Vice President of Southern Graphics Council, the largest professional organization for print artists. She has also authored the book “A Print Shop Handbook, A Technical Manual”
Kevin Haas // Pronto Plate Lithography
Kevin Haas is an Associate Professor and Printmaking Area Coordinator at Washington State University.
Keith Howard // Intaglio Type
Keith Howard is the Head of Printmaking & Research College of Imaging Arts and Sciences School of Art at Rochester Institute of Technology. He has authored the book “The Contemporary Printmaker” which represents the latest research into non-toxic and contemporary printmaking.
Martha Oatway // Paper Lithography
Martha Oatway is a member of Maryland Printmakers, where she teaches and demonstrates the paper lithography technique.
Andrea Olson // Relief Printing
Andrea Olson is the Executive Director of Art on Wheels in Richmond, VA. Art on Wheels is a travels to other organizations and teaches art classes including many different printmaking processes.
Kevin Orlosky // Waterless Lithography
Kevin Orlosky is the Lead Instructor for Art on Wheels in Richmond, VA, and the Assistant Director of Gallery5.
Judith O’Rourke // Vitreography
Judith O’Rourke is a collaborative printer for Littleton Studios in Spruce Pine, North Carolina.
Justin Rice // Etching
Justin Rice is an Artist/Printmaker living and working in Richmond, VA
Deepa Swanson
Deepa Swanson is an undergraduate student of printmaking at Virginia Commonwealth University.
Dan Welden
Dan Weldon is the Master Printer and Owner of Hampton Editions in Hampton, NY. He is the inventor of Solar Plates and Co-Author of “Printmaking in the Sun.” Dan Welden has traveled the world teaching his process.
Team8 Press
Team8 Press is a silk screen print studio in Richmond, VA. Made up entirely of artists and designers, Team8 prints t-shirts,
and limited edition prints and books.
Image by:
Robert T. Brown
Photogravure an Monotype
15 x 15 2006
The first step in making a photogravure print is preparing the printing plate. A thoroughly cleaned and polished copper plate is evenly dusted or sprayed with an acid resist of rosin or asphaltum, and heated to make the resist adhere. While the plate is being redied, the image is also prepared. A positive transparency is made from either an original negative or a copy negative. This film positive, which must be made the size desired for the final print, is then contact-printed under ultraviolet light to a gelatin-coated paper (known as carbon tissue) which was previously made light sensitive by soaking it in a solution of potassium bichromate, then dried. Next the image must be transferred to the prepared copper plate. The image-carrying tissue is adhered to the plate. Next the plate placed in a succession of etching baths. he result is a plate with many minute reservoirs or cells of varying depths. During printing, the deeper cells hold more ink and thus transfer more ink to the paper, creating the darker areas of the image. Finally, after the plate has been thoroughly washed, the gravure is printed – on an etching press, like all other forms of intaglio printing. Stiff ink is spread over the entire plate and worked into the recessed areas that form the image. Next, the surface of the plate is carefully wiped, leaving ink only in the tiny, hollowed-out pits. The plate is then positioned face-up on an etching press. The artist places a piece of dampened, high-quality paper over the plate then covers the paper with etching felts for padding and passes this through the press. The rollers force the paper into the small depressions that hold the ink, creating a printed image. To make the next impression, the artist re-inks the plate and repeats the process.