Etching latest
12 Jan 2009
After applying a couple of aquatints to the plate and bitten several times and taken a few prints to check on the result, it will be necessary to repeat the aquatint and etching in those areas of the image that weren’t adequately etched and when inked up and printed were visibly ‘shadowy’ and indistinct on the paper.
The plate after the first series of aquatint and etching:
preparing the plate for a further working having stopped out (covered) the areas which were sucessfully etched first time around:
