Digital Alchemy: Printmaking techniques for fine art,

Digital Alchemy: Printmaking techniques for fine art, photography, and mixed media (Voices That Matter)
In Digital Alchemy, acclaimed printmaker Bonny Pierce Lhotka shows how to turn your standard inkjet printer into a seemingly magical instrument capable of transforming your printed images into true works of art. Using plenty of visuals and straightforward terms, Lhotka walks you step-by-step through over a dozen projects. Forget printing on boring old paper, in Digital Alchemy, youâ€™ll learn how to transfer and print images to a variety of surfaces including metal, wood, fabric, stone, and plastic using the techniques Lhotkaâ€™s spent years developing.

If youâ€™re a photographer looking for new ways to personalize your work or a digital artist whoâ€™s ready to take your work to the next level, youâ€™ll find all of the tools, techniques, and inspiration you need in this book. Lhotkaâ€™s enthusiasm for experimenting with unusual printing materials and processes has led her to create new and amazing transfer techniques, including one that resembles a Polaroidâ„¢ transfer on steroids. She also shows you how to make prints using unexpected, everyday materials such as hand sanitizer and gelatin. Youâ€™ll even learn direct printing, the technique for sending your custom substrate through your printer almost as if it were paper.

In Digital Alchemy, youâ€™ll learn how to:
- Transfer images to metal, wood, plastic, and other materials that will not feed through an inkjet printer
- Print directly on metal for a fraction of the cost of using a print service
- Simulate a print from an expensive UV flatbed printer using an inexpensive desktop printer
- Use carrier sheets and paintable precoats to print on almost any surface
- Achieve near-lithographic quality digital prints with transfer processes to uncoated fine art paper
In addition to the tutorials in the book, you can watch Lhotka in action on the included DVD-ROM, which has over 60 minutes of video footage where youâ€™ll learn how to perform an alcohol gel transfer, transfer an image to a wooden surface, use your inkjet printer to achieve remarkable prints, and more. Simply insert the DVD-ROM into your computer's DVD drive. Note, this DVD-ROM will not work in TV DVD players.
Country USA
Manufacturer New Riders
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2010-12-20
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	New Riders
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2010-12-20
Format	Kindle eBook

Digital Alchemy: Printmaking techniques for fine art, photography, and mixed media (Voices That Matter)

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