Printing

So I found a small metal plate in a pile of scraps in college that was about to be thrown out so I took it thinking I could use it for something. I used my drawing apparatus again this time over the metal plate, the drawing looked great but the ink just rubbed off so easily. I decided to scratch the design into the surface (or etch which I later found out was the correct term for what I was doing.) I was told by my tutor that I should print it in the print room. Printing the small plate was a long process but it was worth it, I really enjoyed spending time in the print room and learning the steps involved to produce my etching print.

Here is the metal plate I etched into, etching each line individually made me take notice of every little mark and line even more, a drawing which had taken about two or three minutes to draw using the drawing apparatus took me nearly 2 hours to etch on this metal plate. 

This is how it turned out, I was very pleased with the outcome and the detail involved int his etching print however because at the beginning I didn't really know it was going to be an etch, the metal plate I found was quite uneven in size therefore if I was to do another etching I would use a proper shaped metal plate not one that is damaged and ready to be thrown out.