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Today I am writing about a very exciting project I had at Heatherley’s: a 3-week introduction to printmaking! Tutored by Hilary Daltry, we began with etching, a traditional printmaking process by which a design is incised onto a metal plate and further bitten into with strong acid or mordant. Images 1 and 2 above show how the design, a self-portrait, is created in intaglio (incised) usingContinue reading “A break from painting: discovering etching”