Damp paper is placed on the plate and run through a press, picking up the ink from the incised lines and the burr. ![]() Once the drawing is complete, an ink-soaked cloth is used to fill the crevices with ink, and the remaining flat surface is wiped down to ensure it sits only in the areas where the etching occurred. The lines are characteristically fuzzy with velvety edges caused by the burr, a rough ridge of metal thrown up on each side of the furrow by the drypoint instrument. Drypoint is usually done on copper plates as the softer metal lends itself to this technique. There are variant methods of the process including soap ground aquatint, spit bite aquatint, sugar lift aquatint, water bite aquatint and aquatint reversal.ĭrypoint is an intaglio printmaking technique in which the design is scratched directly into a metal plate with a diamond-pointed instrument. The recesses are then filled with ink and the plate is pressed onto a dampened sheet of paper, where the ink transfers onto it to create the finished artwork. Shapes are defined by painting on an acid-resistant laquer to prevent surrounding areas from being ‘bitten’ by the acid. The plate is then immersed in an acid bath and the longer the acid is allowed to etch away at the surface, the more profound the indentions and darker the hues of the final print. The acid eats into the metal around the particles to produce a granular pattern of tiny dots. Fine particles of acid-resistant material known as rosin are attached to a printing plate by heating. ![]() Aquatint is an intaglio printmaking technique that is designed to create a range of tones and shades rather than lines.
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