Solarplate

For the last few months I have been so lucky to have access to the printmaking workshop at Camberwell College through a scheme called Artists' Access to Art Colleges.
I have been working on improving my technique in making solarplate prints. Solarplate is similar to photo etching but uses a polymer instead of metal and there is no need for acids to process the plate.
I am making a limited edition artist's book of a series of glass plate negatives found around 20 years ago in an old printing house in the ex GDR. I have always wanted to do something with them and have finally found the right format.
Here are two test prints, a positive and a negative solarplate print of one of the glass plates: