DRYPOINT ETCHING-INTAGLIO PRINTS
The
act of scoring lines to create an image onto a plate / surface
of metal or plastic using a tool known as a "dry-point
needle'. Thus creating a raised burr on either side of the
lines drawn. Once the image is completed, the plate is then
completely covered in the desired coloured ink. The ink is
gently wiped off until only the ink caught in the burr remains
in the image.
This process is done using a stiff fabric called "tarlatan'.
The plate is placed face up on the steel bed of the printing
press, high quality acid free paper laid down on top of the
inked plate. |
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The paper has been soaked in water and blotted. Felt or woven
blankets are then placed on top of the paper. Manually turning
a wheel on the printing press sends the bed under a roller
attached above the bed, at extreme pressure.
The image has now become a reversed impression on the paper.
A dry-point image wears rapidly during the printing process
with the burr being flattened under the pressure of the printing
press thus edition numbers for each image are very limited.
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