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<p>[QUOTE="moreotherstuff, post: 272296, member: 56"]The surface of an intaglio print is inked, then wiped clear so that ink remains only in the marks on the plate, then plate and paper are run through a press with enough force to squeeze the paper down into the marks to pick up the ink.</p><p><br /></p><p>Lighting and atmosphere within a print can be greatly controlled through judicious wiping of the ink from the plate.</p><p><br /></p><p>Prints very frequently are a combination of more than one technique.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Burin Engraving - using a hand tool called a burin to carve lines into a metal plate. The lines are smooth and tend to be very controlled.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]86243[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Stipple Engraving - building an image from small dots poked onto the plate</p><p>[ATTACH=full]86248[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Mezzotint - using a tool called a roulette to churn up the entire surface of a plate, then using scrapers and burnishers to smooth the metal and bring out an image.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]86246[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Drypoint - using a needle-like stylus to scratch an image directly onto a plate. (They tend to have a wispy look.)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]86242[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Etching - covering the plate with a resist, scratching lines through the resist using a needle-like stylus and immersing the plate in acid to bite the lines. Several immersions are common with areas covered over with resist to produce degrees of tonality - lightest in the bath the shortest time, darkest the longest. Lines have a free hand appearance and are slightly ragged.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]86244[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Aquatint - covering the plate with a fine dusting of resin, then melting the resin to make it adhere. The plate is immersed in acid, which eats around the resin. Tonality can be controlled as in an etching.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]86241[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>There is another intaglio technique called monotype in which ink is applied directly to the surface of an unworked plate and then run through the press to transfer the image to a piece of paper.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="moreotherstuff, post: 272296, member: 56"]The surface of an intaglio print is inked, then wiped clear so that ink remains only in the marks on the plate, then plate and paper are run through a press with enough force to squeeze the paper down into the marks to pick up the ink. Lighting and atmosphere within a print can be greatly controlled through judicious wiping of the ink from the plate. Prints very frequently are a combination of more than one technique. Burin Engraving - using a hand tool called a burin to carve lines into a metal plate. The lines are smooth and tend to be very controlled. [ATTACH=full]86243[/ATTACH] Stipple Engraving - building an image from small dots poked onto the plate [ATTACH=full]86248[/ATTACH] Mezzotint - using a tool called a roulette to churn up the entire surface of a plate, then using scrapers and burnishers to smooth the metal and bring out an image. [ATTACH=full]86246[/ATTACH] Drypoint - using a needle-like stylus to scratch an image directly onto a plate. (They tend to have a wispy look.) [ATTACH=full]86242[/ATTACH] Etching - covering the plate with a resist, scratching lines through the resist using a needle-like stylus and immersing the plate in acid to bite the lines. Several immersions are common with areas covered over with resist to produce degrees of tonality - lightest in the bath the shortest time, darkest the longest. Lines have a free hand appearance and are slightly ragged. [ATTACH=full]86244[/ATTACH] Aquatint - covering the plate with a fine dusting of resin, then melting the resin to make it adhere. The plate is immersed in acid, which eats around the resin. Tonality can be controlled as in an etching. [ATTACH=full]86241[/ATTACH] There is another intaglio technique called monotype in which ink is applied directly to the surface of an unworked plate and then run through the press to transfer the image to a piece of paper.[/QUOTE]
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