Copper Plate Etching 'The Pied Cormorant' Angus Fisher

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The guide is a comprehensive and practical outline of the etching process, designed for anyone interested in working with the medium. The guide delivers a complete set of information for absolute beginners through to advanced practitioners and provides a full set of step-by-step processes, techniques, tools, recipes, troubleshooting practices, technical diagrams and a guide for labelling original prints, all over 45 + pages.
This video demonstrates the various stages of creating a hand-coloured copper plate etching. This particular etching is titled ‘The Pied Cormorant' and is one of twenty four individual prints from 'The Birds of New Holland' folio.
The video is divided up into several stages:
Initial sketches
Preparing the plate
Transferring the image
Marking the plate
Etching the plate
Removing the asphaltum ground
Inking the plate
Printing the plate
Hand colouring the print
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See more of my art at:
www.angusfisherarts.com
Angus is represented by 'Australian Galleries' in Australia
www.australiangalleries.com.au
and, Jonathan Cooper Galleries in the UK
www.jonathancooper.co.uk
Original music for this video was provided by Michael Allen.