Dry etching printmaking

Discover the techniques and tools needed to create stunning prints with dry etching. Find inspiration and learn how to bring your artistic vision to life with this versatile printmaking technique.
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Dry point is the most direct form of intaglio. The artist simply takes a sharp point and uses it to scratch into the metal plate to create the image. There is quite a variety of tools that can be used for this. Here's a video of Wayne Thiebaud doing that at Crown Point Press. As you watch it pay attention to the different ways he marks the plate, from gentle to rough and in-between. He even seems to be scratching into it with a pocket knife at one point. Here's Thiebaud's print. Notice the…

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Lynne Lund