アルミ版

土曜日にYANAGIDAのアルミ版研磨工場を見学しました。PS版の裏を研磨して、リトグラフ用のアルミ版として再利用します。

 I had the joy of visiting a ball-grain plate factory this weekend. Ball grain plates are aluminum plates that have been grained with glass beads, grit and water, in order to give them a texture similar to a litho stone.

 Old PS-plates are placed face down onto a rubber mat.

 Turn on the machine and the glass beads start shaking around.

Mix in some 220 grit and water, let the beads grind a texture into the plate and you're done!