Drypoint printmaking

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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
Diana Parkhouse - Paper Artist Person on Instagram: "This is a demonstration that for intaglio etching you don't need a press. You don't need a washing mangle. You don't need a cold press laminator.  You don't need an x cut express.  You don't need new sheet metals. You don't need chemicals. You don't need drypoint perspex.You don't need etching paper to print on. You can use some or all those things, yes! But you could also use an aluminium drink can, an old craft knife blade (though I do love my little electric engraver as seen in the video), a castor wheel off a chair and some cheap watercolour paper. In the video I share my image transfer method. You don't even need to do that. You can scratch your design directly onto the can with as much or as little sketch prep as you like, though r Copper Metal Art, Printing On Metal, Metal Etching Art, Print On Transparent Paper, Tetra Pak Etching, Drypoint Etching Techniques, Tetra Pak Printmaking, Dry Point Etching Ideas, Metal Etching Tutorial

Diana Parkhouse - Paper Artist Person on Instagram: "This is a demonstration that for intaglio etching you don't need a press. You don't need a washing mangle. You don't need a cold press laminator. You don't need an x cut express. You don't need new sheet metals. You don't need chemicals. You don't need drypoint perspex.You don't need etching paper to print on. You can use some or all those things, yes! But you could also use an aluminium drink can, an old craft knife blade (though I do…

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Mary Hatfield May
Diana Parkhouse - Paper Artist Person on Instagram: "Not to be mistaken for a monarchist, which I am not, but I am absolutely a dogarchist and quite like a corgi. It is a pretty impressive achievement to have monarched for 70 years whichever way you look at it, so in celebration of the Queen's Jubilly, here is a Welsh corgi. Her name of course is Queenie. She's been made from a beer can I found in London yesterday at the train station. .. Queenie  Etching on paper . . . . . . . . . . . .  #drypoint #drypointprint #drypointetching #etchingprint #etchingpress #etchingart #fineartprints #getimprinted #handprinted #handmadeprint #handmadeprints #intaglio #intaglioprint #inkstagram #justprintmaking #printmakingtoday #printmakersofinstagram #printmakingtechniques #printmaker #printmaking #printo Drypoint Etching Inspiration, Drypoint Printmaking Ideas, Dry Point Etching Printmaking, Collagraph Printmaking Ideas, Tetrapak Print, Drypoint Printmaking, Collagraph Printmaking, Intaglio Printmaking, Drypoint Etching

Diana Parkhouse - Paper Artist Person on Instagram: "Not to be mistaken for a monarchist, which I am not, but I am absolutely a dogarchist and quite like a corgi. It is a pretty impressive achievement to have monarched for 70 years whichever way you look at it, so in celebration of the Queen's Jubilly, here is a Welsh corgi. Her name of course is Queenie. She's been made from a beer can I found in London yesterday at the train station. .. Queenie Etching on paper…

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