first steps

our first day of etching went so fabulously well!  

there was a lot of learning, 
preparing, 
grasping a whole new concept. 



the copper plates need to be filed, 
buffed and polished. 

here is  Roz, at the buffing machine, 
fully into it: 


and Maggie, sketching her warthog so she can
paint the white negative space in black...  
a brain twisting exercise let me tell you:



the acid baths:



my first plate with a good old quirky design:


scratched and bathed


the acid eating through the plate


and a first test print



of course i loved every minute of it! 

more next week... 


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