Metal etching art

metal etching, drawing on metal, engraving, electrochemical metal etching,

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…

How to make your own mezzotint plate First, take a nice shiny copper plate and rock the mezzotint rocker across its surface to cover it in lots of wee dots. Rocking the mezzotint rocker As you add …