Week Three - #6

One thing to note in my diary that might seem redundant but was essential to my next steps was that I had to research the etching printmaking process before creating a digital sketch because I was unsure whether the ink sticks to the relief or the counter-relief of the metal sheet. I spent ages googling metal etches and I couldn’t find the answer. I was inverting my image and was looking at it really at a loss how I was going to sketch the inverted portrait.

Luckily, I found a great YouTube video where I watched the entire process of an etched print and finally felt confident that I knew the answer. Going forward I would not have to work with an inverted piece but in fact the sketched concave lines are the wells that hold the ink.