The technique of etching and engraving

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The definition of an original print -- 1. Etching -- Metals -- Copper-zinc-mild steel-aluminum -- Preparing the plate -- Tools and materials required -- Drawing for the plate -- Transferring a drawing to the plate -- Etching the plate -- Acid trays-nitric-'Dutch bath'-- Perchloride of iron -- Biting -- Tonal biting -- Printing (black and white) -- Tools and materials-mixing the ink (powdered-mixing the ink (tinned) -- Inking the plate-wiping the pate (rag wipe) -- Hand wipe -- Retroussage -- The press -- Importing -- Preparing the press for pressure -- The paper -- Damping sized paper damping unsized paper -- Marking out the press -- Taking the print -- Drying and stacking the finished print -- Cleaning off -- Reworking the plate -- Removal of unwanted lines -- Additions -- Plaster print -- Re-biting ground -- Processes -- 2. Etching processes --Hard ground -- Turpsed rap -- San grain -- Salt -- Over-heating -- Roulette wheels -- Ruled lines -- Soft ground -- Lines -- Pencil -- Scrim or wire wool -- Impressions -- Aquatint ground -- Laying the ground -- Biting -- Drawing through the ground -- Etching the aquatint for greys -- Removing the ground -- Sugar aquatint or lift ground -- Relief etching -- Open bite -- Lithographic crayon -- Drawing with the acid -- Spit bite -- Bubble effect -- Foul biting -- Irregular lines -- Drawing while the plate is still in the acid -- Marbling -- Drawing with varnish -- Splintered line -- Crazy paving -- Photo-engraving -- Cut-out plates -- Registration -- 3. Colour etching and printing -- Using two or more plates of the same size -- drawing -- Registering the design on to the separate plates -- tracing -- Proofing and ink consistency -- The ink -- Wiping -- Printing wet on wet -- Print dry on dry -- one-plate colour printing -- Coloured sticky paper -- Mis-registration -- double image -- inking of separate areas -- Tinting -- Roll-ups -- Stencil -- Water colour -- Overprinting stencils -- Cut-out plates -- Faulty proofs -- Saving a faulty print -- Editions -- Signing -- Mounting -- Sales -- Galleries -- Other intaglio methods -- Engraving -- Sharpening the burin -- Holding the burin -- The plate -- Drawing in the plate -- Cutting the straight line -- Curves -- Tones -- Printing -- Corrections -- Zine engraving -- Steel facing -- Steel engraving -- Drypoint -- The needle -- drawing with the needle -- The burr -- Printing -- Mezzotint -- Mezzotint rocker -- Applying the ground -- Transferring the drawing -- Drawing the plate -- Corrections -- Printing -- Metal graphic -- Printing -- 5. Other mediums that can be incorporated into an etching -- Wood engravings -- Wood -- Drawing for the wood engraving -- Tools -- Engraving on the wood -- Mistakes -- Printing by burnishing -- Woodcut -- Wood -- Drawing -- tools -- Corrections -- Proofing and transferring colour -- Linocutting -- Linoleum -- Tools -- Drawing on the linoleum -- Corrections -- Proofing by burnishing -- printing press -- Inking up -- Registration -- Packing -- Pressure -- Hardboard and plywood -- Plaster of Paris -- Silk screen -- Frame -- Squeegee -- Drawing up the image -- Drawing the image direct (toche method) -- Inks -- Printing -- Colour printing -- Photo stencil -- Drawing -- Processing and developing -- transferring to silk screen -- Removing gelatin -- Lithography -- Preparing the stone -- Preparing the plate -- Drawing up -- Transfer paper -- Summing up -- Washing out -- Inking up -- The press -- Paper -- Printing -- Etching the stone -- Etching the plate -- Colour -- Registration -- Printing colour by the use of the etch -- Combining different methods into one print -- Separate printings -- Printing the screen direct onto the plate -- Offset form block to plate -- Offset from print to plate -- Polystyrene and other surfaces -- Printing on textiles -- 6. Mammoth etchings and murals -- Planning and drawing -- Preparing the plates -- Drawing on the plate -- Biting -- inking and wiping -- Marking the press -- Damping the paper -- Registering -- Removing the print from the plate -- Flattening the print -- Colour -- Editions -- Presentation -- Mural etching -- 7. Planning a studio or workshop -- The room -- flooring -- Ventilation -- Lights -- Sink -- Power points -- Cupboards and storage space -- Work tables -- Drying racks -- Aquatint box -- Acid -- Arrangement -- Hand cleanser -- Waste boxes -- Fire extinguisher -- First aid box -- list of suppliers in Great Britain and the USA.