Intaglio
An image or tonal area is printed from lines or textures scratched
or etched into a metal plate. The plate is inked, wiped, and run
through a press with moistened paper, which is forced down into
the inked recessions, thus transferring a reversed image. Types
of intaglio include etching, engraving, drypoint, mezzotint, and
aquatint. Traditional etching requires exposure to toxic chemicals
and materials. The recent development of non-toxic chemical etchants
by Friedhard Kiebeken has greatly increased the safety of intaglio.
Etching
A type of intaglio in which a metal plate is coated with asphaltum.
Areas of asphaltum are removed to create an image. The image is
chemically etched into the plate by submersion in nitric acid. When
the plate is etched the desired amount, it is removed from the acid,
dried, and inked to transfer the reversed image to paper. The new
etching methods described below all involve chemical etching of
a metal plate but without the toxicity of asphaltum and nitric acid.
Keith Howard and Friedhard Kiebecken have been largely responsible
for their development.
- Bernice Cross, Palm Beach, 2003 - purchase price: $150
- Non-Toxic Etching (Ferric Chloride) or Etched Intaglio-Type
- Bernice Cross, Montana Passageway, 2003 - purchase
price: $150- Non-Toxic Etching (Ferric Chloride) or Etched Intaglio-Type
- Bernice Cross, Brugg Dreaming, 2003 - purchase price:
$150- Non-Toxic Etching (Ferric Chloride) or Etched Intaglio-Type
- Glenna Heath, Starlight Ponies, 2004 - purchase price:
$275 ($52 unframed) - Non-Toxic Etching (Ferric Chloride) or Etched
Intaglio-Type
- Glenna Heath, Trees, 2004 - purchase price: $325 ($104
unframed) - Non-Toxic Etching (Ferric Chloride) or Etched Intaglio-Type
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