Etching

 I am a printmaker and its about time I show you more about the printmaking we do here in our department. When I joined the team 8 years ago, an etching press came along as well and we started making prints in intaglio with GCSE and IB students. Later we expanded the use of the press to year 8 and 9 students but we still use it mainly with older students as it is a more expensive and complex printing process than the traditional block printing and monotype work we can do with a larger group of younger pupils. Here are some examples:

 



Etching on copper by Diogo Braga. The background colour is added using the viscosity printing method invented by Stanley William Hayter.

Copper etching by José Sapinho with colour added by viscosity printing.

Copper etching by Ben Rough with colout added by viscosity printing.