Girl in Cafe #1

I'm working on this old drypoint plate to try to make the edition I couldn't make before. I've worked with a needle tool and think it's ready for printing. Here I am using a piece of matboard to put some etching ink on the plate. I am hoping I have worked hard enough!

Girl in Cafe #3

After printing it on my press, it looks like this. See the plate in the background. It doesn't look finished.....but that's printmaking! Sometimes it seems you will never finish or get it to just the right place! Anyway, I'll work on it some more and then show it again or at least show the first and only one I have from a few years ago.

Back to work!

Girl in the Cafe

I have one nice print of this drypoint plate, made while working on my degree in college a few years ago. I do like it! At the time there wasn't much time to make an edition so I thought I'd work on the plate a bit now and print it. A drypoint print is made from a plate which is metal or plastic where special tools such as roulettes or needles have made textures and lines through scratching. I'll show you the process. Mine is a thick acrylic plate but you can use a thinner acrylic plastic sheet. I beveled the edges with a sander to prevent any sharp edges from damaging the press blankets. I'm anxious to see if I can get a good print!