Combining Digital Print Technologies with 18th Century Underglaze Ceramic Printing to Retain an Industrial Heritage Process

将数字印刷技术与 18 世纪釉下陶瓷印刷相结合，保留工业遗产工艺

• 批准号: AH/K003186/1
• 负责人: Stephen Hoskins
• 金额: $ 12.23万
• 依托单位: University of the West of England
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2013 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FK003186%2F1
• 关键词: Combining; Digital; Print; Technologies; 18th

This bid seeks to build upon previous research undertaken by Hoskins into the combination of the digital capabilities of flexographic printing technology and the earliest printing process first developed for the ceramic industry in the 1780s. In order to achieve this it seeks to collaborate with Burgess Dorling & Leigh (Burleigh), the last company to print underglaze tissue commercially, based at its Grade II listed Middleport pottery in Stoke on Trent. The Princes' Regeneration Trust acquired the pottery in June 2011 saving it from imminent closure. The Trust's involvement has already saved 50 jobs, is maintaining the traditional manufacturing skills unique to Middleport, and preserving the historic buildings, collection of moulds and machinery. The Princes' Trust has specified that pottery production should remain at Middleport for the next 25 years. However there is a long-term issue with both the maintenance and production of printing rollers and plates, which in the past have been hand engraved. This bid seeks to redress that issue by introducing the potential of printing traditional potters underglaze tissue, both printing and applying it in the same way as the 18th Century process, but creating the plate from a digital file. Thus reducing the time taken to engrave a roller from one month to less than a day to create a digital equivalent roller, whilst retaining the integrity of the final product. Burleigh requested the collaboration with the Centre for Fine Print Research (CFPR) at the University of the West of England, due to our expertise in the practical application and marriage of 19th Century printing processes, with digital technology.CFPR aim to investigate the recreation of underglaze intaglio printing rollers and plates using the flexographic process. Our previous research indicated it was possible to create an intaglio plate for research demonstration purposes and some practice based creative uses. This project seeks to create a visual taxonomy of existing underglaze tissue printed examples from museum collections in order to create a benchmark against which the major part of this new research can be undertaken empirically. It aims to recreate the qualities and visual aesthetic of underglaze tissue using contemporary digital technology whilst retaining all of the craft and artisan skills inherent in the application of underglaze tissue printing . It will do this by creating a methodology for the creation of practical examples using flexographic rollers and printing plates. The physical results can then be compared and tested against the benchmark. The methodology will ensure that the results are both of a commercial standard and commensurate with the 18th and 19th Century examples highlighted within the visual taxonomy. In parallel and as a further benchmark standard, an investigation will take place into the potential of recreating hand engraved rollers. This project offers the potential to retain important skills within the pottery industry and make sure that an extant and working Victorian Pottery remains a viable part of the community and the nation's industrial heritage. Academically this project seeks to capitalise on a unique research opportunity to retain, in full working order, an important part of Britain's industrial heritage concurrent to bringing that heritage in-line with the 21st Century. The project needs to be sensitive to the historic context of Burleigh's process in order for future historians to gain tacit understanding of an industrial process as it was practiced in the 19th Century.

此次竞标旨在建立在霍斯金斯之前进行的研究基础上，将柔性版印刷技术的数字能力与1780年代首次为陶瓷行业开发的最早印刷工艺相结合。为了实现这一目标，它寻求与Burgess Dorling & Leigh（Burleigh）合作，Burgess Dorling & Leigh（Burleigh）是最后一家商业印刷釉下薄纸的公司，其二级保护陶器位于特伦特河畔的斯托克的米德尔波特陶器。王子再生信托基金于2011年6月收购了陶器，使其免于即将关闭。信托基金的参与已经挽救了50个工作岗位，保持了米德尔波特特有的传统制造技能，并保护了历史建筑、模具和机械收藏。王子信托基金会已经明确规定，在未来25年内，陶瓷生产应该留在米德尔波特。然而，印刷辊和印版的维护和生产都存在长期问题，过去印刷辊和印版都是手工雕刻的。这次投标旨在解决这个问题，介绍了潜在的印刷传统陶工釉下组织，无论是印刷和应用它的方式与18世纪世纪的过程，但创造了板从数字文件。因此，将雕刻滚筒所需的时间从一个月减少到不到一天，以创建数字等效滚筒，同时保持最终产品的完整性。Burleigh要求与西英格兰大学的精细印刷研究中心（CFPR）合作，因为我们在实际应用和19世纪世纪印刷工艺与数字技术的结合方面具有专业知识。CFPR旨在研究使用柔版印刷工艺的釉下凹版印刷辊和印版的再创造。我们以前的研究表明，有可能创造一个凹版的研究演示目的和一些实践为基础的创造性用途。该项目旨在创建一个视觉分类的现有釉下组织印刷的例子，从博物馆收藏，以创建一个基准，对这一新的研究的主要部分可以进行经验。它旨在利用当代数字技术重现釉下薄纸的品质和视觉美感，同时保留釉下薄纸印刷应用中固有的所有工艺和工匠技能。它将通过创建一个方法来创建使用柔版印刷辊和印版的实际例子。然后可以将物理结果与基准进行比较和测试。该方法将确保结果既符合商业标准，又与视觉分类中突出显示的18和19世纪的例子相称。与此同时，作为进一步的基准标准，将对再现手工雕刻辊的潜力进行调查。该项目提供了保留陶器行业内的重要技能的潜力，并确保现存的和工作的维多利亚陶器仍然是社区和国家工业遗产的一个可行的部分。在学术上，这个项目旨在利用一个独特的研究机会，以保留，在充分的工作秩序，英国的工业遗产的重要组成部分，同时使遗产符合21世纪世纪。该项目需要对伯利工艺的历史背景保持敏感，以便未来的历史学家能够对19世纪世纪的工业工艺有一个默契的理解。

项目成果

Digital creation of hand engraved copper plates to secure a historic process

数字化手工雕刻铜板以确保历史性流程

• 发表时间: 2014
• 期刊: The Society for Imaging Science and Technology
• 作者: Hoskins S

3D printed ceramics: Current challenges and future potential

3D打印陶瓷：当前的挑战和未来的潜力

• 发表时间: 2016
• 作者: Huson D A

Beyond Blue Symposium

超越蓝色研讨会

• 发表时间: 2014
• 期刊: Beyond Blue Symposium
• 作者: Hoskins S

Academic Research into Printmaking

版画学术研究

• 发表时间: 2014
• 作者: Hoskins. S

Printmaking an Industrial Continuum, Technology looking back to go forward

版画是工业连续体，技术回顾未来

• 发表时间: 2017
• 作者: Hoskins S.