{"id":109,"date":"2010-01-01T05:21:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-01T10:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lynneglazzard.userblogs.ganoksin.coms\/2010\/01\/01\/using-the-photopolymer-plate\/"},"modified":"2010-01-01T05:21:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-01T10:21:00","slug":"using-the-photopolymer-plate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/lynneglazzard\/2010\/01\/01\/using-the-photopolymer-plate\/","title":{"rendered":"Using the photopolymer plate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Once the photopolymer sheet is finished I lightly oil it using olive oil. &nbsp;I tend to spray the sheet lightly, rub it all over with my fingers which removes any excessive oil and then if it is a particularly deep texture I sometimes brush into the texture with a flat nylon paint brush that I keep especially for this.<\/p>\n<p>Then I can use the sheet just like any other texture plate &#8211; usually by putting my roller guides on top of it, the metal clay in between and rolling over firmly in one movement. &nbsp;If you roll backwards and forwards the clay can shift slightly and you get a blurring or double image so it is important to ensure you do make the roll in one firm action. &nbsp;Once the clay is rolled down to the thickness of the roller guides it can&#8217;t get any thinner anyway! &nbsp;You can use a texture plate on each side of the clay with the roller guides sandwiched in between. <\/p>\n<p>If I am using the plastic back photopolymer sheet I usually flex it slightly to tease up the edge of the clay and remove it. &nbsp;If I am using the metal backed sheet then I simply tease the edge of the clay up with my thumb and peel it off. &nbsp;Turn it over the check the imprint. &nbsp;Then I usually put the clay onto a small piece of non-stick baking parchment so that I can cut out the shape. &nbsp;Form the piece gently in the usual way, dry and fire.<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_AiA7HHbtlYk\/Sz3MY4340qI\/AAAAAAAABZw\/6XY1yVsXwQw\/s1600-h\/Photopolmer.jpg\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_AiA7HHbtlYk\/Sz3MY4340qI\/AAAAAAAABZw\/6XY1yVsXwQw\/s320\/Photopolmer.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once the photopolymer sheet is finished I lightly oil it using olive oil. &nbsp;I tend to spray the sheet lightly, rub it all over with my fingers which removes any excessive oil and then if it is a particularly deep texture I sometimes brush into the texture with a flat nylon paint brush that I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":90,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[114],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/lynneglazzard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/lynneglazzard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/lynneglazzard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/lynneglazzard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/90"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/lynneglazzard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/lynneglazzard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/lynneglazzard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/lynneglazzard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/lynneglazzard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}