Tag Archives: work in progress
Zinc plates
Zinc plates are an economical alternative to the copper plates traditionally used for etchings. Zinc and copper are etched with different chemicals, and I no longer have access to the nitric acid used for zinc plates. I have a few of these plates left over from my college printmaking classes, and have decided to get […]
Comparing different papers
After several rosin applications and a bit of tinkering with the aquatint process, this plate finally has a nice velvet black background. The next step is to burnish the gray tones and improve the range of values. Last night in the studio, I wondered if switching from my favorite gray Magnani pescia paper to the […]
Proofing a two plate etching
I had an odd scrap of copper that lent itself to this unusual composition. I’d promised myself that I would take a break from color printing and return to black ink, but the first proof cried out for color. I cut a second plate as close to the size of the original as possible, and […]
