Product code: Retail Volpe
Incisione ad acquaforte su lastra di zinco. La matrice misura 23.5x29 cm il foglio misura 35x50 cm.
Etching is a printmaking technique that uses chemical action to produce incised lines in a metal printing plate which then hold the applied ink and form the image.
The plate, traditionally copper but now usually zinc, is prepared with an retail acid-resistant ground. Lines are drawn through the ground, exposing the metal. The plate is then immersed in acid and the exposed metal is ‘bitten', producing incised lines. The resist is removed and ink applied to the sunken lines, but wiped from the surface. The plate is then placed against paper and passed through an printing press with great pressure to transfer the ink from the recessed lines.