Etching
Etching is done by drawing lines through a protective coating on a copper or zinc plate. The plate is then placed into acid. The acid cuts into the unprotected parts of the surface to create a design in the metal.[1]
The printing is done by rolling an ink pad across the surface. The ink sinks into the intaglio (cut) surface, and rolls off the waxed surface off the plate. The metal plate is then pressed onto paper.[2]
Etching Media
The Soldier and his Wife. Etching by Daniel Hopfer, who is believed to have been the first to apply the technique to printmaking.
The etched carnelian beads in this necklace from the Royal Cemetery of Ur dating to the First Dynasty of Ur (2600-2500 BCE) were probably imported from the Indus Valley.
Selection of early etched printing plates from the British Museum
Steps in the typical technique
Landscape under Trees, etching by Paula Modersohn-Becker, c. 1902
Ätznadelradierung von Wolfram Gothe; 1989* * Urheber: Wolfram Gothe
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References
- ↑ Etching | Definition of etching by Merriam-WebsterMerriam-webster.com. Retrieved 2015-08-11.
- ↑ The Printed Image in the West: EtchingThe Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
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