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am an artist and printmaker living and working in France, concerned about
my health and about the environment. I describe here how my technique (and
enjoyment of printmaking) have been transformed by the rediscovery of some
19th century electrolytic printing plate-making processes - originally named
Electro-Etching and Galvanography. I have used the names "galv-etch"
and other names using the prefix "galv" to distinguish my particular
contemporary application of these old techniques. I am resolutely opposed
to attempts to patent and restrict the use of methods that have been known
and used by printers and etchers for 150 years, originally patented
in 1840, and this site is an attempt to share my knowledge of these methods
and counter attempts to restrict their use and profit from them.
Personal exhibition at Espace Paul Bert, Nontron, France,2002, with demonstrations of technique and simple printmaking workshops for children The content on this site consists of extensive extracts from GREEN PRINTS - A 84 page booklet extensively illustrated in colour and black and white, with index and appendices. The 15th edition of the book has been completely revised and a version in PDF format can be downloaded free from this site (click here). A new arrangement for printing further copies of the booklet for sale are being negotiated and printed copies are temporarily unavailable. Watch this space for further news. NEW - Most of the content of Green Prints has been translated into Spanish and published by the University of Barcelona. Click here for details of this book "El Grabado no tóxico", which includes chapters by Eva Figueras Ferrer, Friedhardt Kiekeben, Keith Howard, Juan Carlos Ramos, and Rosa Vives. On this site are completely revised sections on equipment, on calculating time required for galv-etching, and extensive rewriting of sections to correspond with the 16 th edition of Green Prints. Also a paper entitled "Electricity, Light and the Printed Image" given at the 'Jornadas de Grabado no tóxico' organised by the University of Barcelona in 2004, is available by clicking on the title above. This paper forms part of the book in Spanish above, and the illustrated Spanish version of it is available on this website.
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