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This is a 3.5 minute overview of a printmaking method called drypoint. The drypoint plate is made by using scribes or etching needles, to engrave a sheet of plexiglass with a drawing. All the lines gouged into the plexiglass (or perspex, if you're from the UK) are like miniature tire tracks imbedded in the acrylic, so when ink is applied all over the plate, and then wiped away, each line is holding a well of ink. When the inked & wiped plate is pressed against a sheet of paper, the inked lines print your drawing.

(NOTE: in other parts of the globe, plexiglass is called acrylic plate, optix, lexan, perspex, plexi, or polycarbonate, etc.) This video focuses on tools to engrave the plexiglass, as well as inking and wiping, and then printing the plate.

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Music: Trixie Whitley - Breathe You in my Dreams
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Supplies:
a small piece of plexiglass
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etching needles:
Twisted Scribe (or Whistler's Needle)
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Cork Handled Etching Needle/Scribe
(this one was used in the video)
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Carbide Point Etching Needle/Scribe
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Akua Speedball Intaglio ink
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daubers or "dollies": rolled strips of felt for ink application
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or
you can use bristle paint brushes
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tarlatan & newsprint for wiping ink from the plate
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rubber gloves
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apron
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printmaking paper
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a tub of clean, cool water and some towels to soak and blot the paper

an etching press...
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#drypoint #engraving #etching #printmaking

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