Etching - Featuring Candice Tripp's ' Bones and Arrows' collection of etchings.

The Hanging Horse

In this blog, we are looking at different techniques used to produce art works and focusing on etching and featuring the work of contemporary artist Candice Tripp and her 'Bones and Arrows' etching collection. I have enclosed some general information on the collection and etching in general from various online sources.

The Night House

The collection details:

Bones + Arrows etching collection produced by Souled Out Studios

Hand printed at Kalwit Studio in Bangkok

Fabriano Rosaspina 285gsm

Signed limited edition of 50

The Long Haired Stoic

Etching is printing produced by etching patterns, shapes and designs into the surface of a metal or acrylic plastic plate. The ink collects in the engraved areas that are scratched into the surface.

To produce an etched print:

1. Scratch an image or design into the surface of the plate.

2. Apply colour by rolling ink onto the etched surface.

3. Wipe the surface so that only the ink collected in the scratched areas is left.

4. Carefully place paper on top of the inked sheet.

5. Use a printing press to apply pressure and lift the image onto paper.

Some artists use acid to erode a metal plate. The acid cuts into the unprotected parts of a metal surface to create an intaglio (incised) design in the metal.

Use metallic card to create an etching plate. Use an empty ballpoint pen to draw a design into the surface of the metallic card.

Apply ink to the surface and wipe it off so that ink collects in the engraved lines.

Place paper on top of the inked metallic card and use a printing press to apply pressure and lift the image onto your paper.

And five for good measure

A key fact to remember:

The printed image will be a mirrored version of your plate, so etch letters or words backwards.

So this is.......

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