| Job Title |
Sketch Maker Ii |
| Job Description |
Sketches, Photographs, And Etches Cloth Designs On Zinc Plates
In Form That Can Be Transferred To Printing Rollers By
Mechanical Pantograph Process, Using Precision Measuring And
Drawing Instruments, Camera, And Etching Chemicals: Studies
Design And Production Sheet To Determine Number Of Times Design
Will Be Repeated Around Roller, Size Of Sketch, And Number Of
Plates Required To Complete Sketch. Lays Out Reference Lines On
Design According To Location Of One Complete Repeat Of Pattern
And Number Of Plates Required To Sketch Pattern, Using
Straightedge And Pencil. Draws Reference Lines On Zinc Plates,
Using Dividers, Straightedge, And Pencil. Places Design Under
Weighted Door Of Camera And Moves Camera Up Graduated Scale To
Enlarge Pattern To Specifications. Positions Zinc Plate On Table
Beneath Camera And Aligns Reference Lines On Plate With
Reference Lines Of Reflected Design. Traces Around Reflected
Outline Of Design, Using Diamond Stylus, Leaving Specified
Spacing Between Colors To Compensate For Color, Type Of Cloth,
And Etching Process. Corrects Flaws Left In Design By Designer
Or Artist, And Reproduces Design So That It Will Be Practical
For Printing. Immerses Sketched Plate In Acid Solution To Etch
(deepen) Lines Of Design. Washes Etched Plates, Using Water And
Brush. Records Number Of Times Design Will Be Repeated Around
Roller, Number And Size Of Plates In Design, And Spacings Left
Between Colors On Production Sheet.
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