ABSTRACT
Polymer photogravure printmaking is an ideal process for the artist interested in making multiple copies of work while maintaining the ‘made-by-hand’ quality of each finished print. There is a considerable amount of work that goes into the platemaking and proofing process, but once a satisfactory print has been made from a plate, the artist/printmaker can quite effciently produce dozens of prints in a few hours. The first category is called the ‘Artist’s proof,’ often abbreviated with the acronym ‘AP’ on the corner of the print. This is an artifact from the time when an artist might contract with a commercial atelier to produce a printed edition of an image. If the artist/printmaker intends to make an edition of several different prints from a series, it is best to establish at the beginning of the process the size of prints that will be made.
