Wednesday, 4 February 2015

Adding an aquatint.


I wanted the drips to print better- so I decided I had to add an aquatint. Where I make my plates I used to be able to use the old fashioned type of aquatint where you use rosin which is heated onto the plate to give it a grain. Since the facilities moved to a shiny new building some of the old methods have been supplanted by the new- aquatint being one of them.

So now ‘aquatint’ is sprayed on from a can. It feels a bit clunky by comparison- often the old ways are the best.

This is proof of the plate I made

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