tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4303322479092462187.post7213877745504869584..comments2023-06-23T05:18:37.365-05:00Comments on Tracie Thompson, Artist: Crooked Little Bayou HouseTraciehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15724099851792180244noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4303322479092462187.post-36832095596406725572010-07-24T14:25:36.635-05:002010-07-24T14:25:36.635-05:00Tom, someone else said the same thing, but if thos...Tom, someone else said the same thing, but if those were litho plates, shouldn't the lettering have all been in reverse? If they'd printed this, it would have read UOYAB instead of BAYOU.<br /><br />Not only that, but what you see here is a small printed fragment on a large and otherwise utterly blank sheet of metal. I'm wondering if this was an "oops" of some kind.Traciehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15724099851792180244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4303322479092462187.post-59271251498748573232010-07-24T13:01:32.906-05:002010-07-24T13:01:32.906-05:00Tracie,
The etched aluminum that you used as a ro...Tracie,<br /><br />The etched aluminum that you used as a roof looks like a lithographic plate for a USGS topographic map. I saw these plates when I visited the USGS printing facility in Reston, VA, about 20 years ago. The plates were large, they had four map images per plate. The maps were printed on a four-color press. Now the USGS does not print any maps at all. The maps are available as images that are printed on demand by anyone with a large enough ink jet printer.<br /><br />TomThomas Wintersteinnoreply@blogger.com