Here the ink has been applied to the plate and is ready to be sent through the press and printed.
The design was drawn onto copper plate with a fine-tip Sharpie before beginning the dry-point etching process. Part of the design has already been etched in the upper right.
This is the completed design done in Sharpie. The mirror-image of the design had to be drawn because the image gets flipped when transferred from the plate to the paper.
Beautiful Things
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Beautiful Things

This print was created using a traditional printmaking method known as dry-point intaglio. A sheet of roofing copper was used for the plate, and Read More

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