10 minutes to 12 & just about to wake up for the daily night patrol!! a handprinted aquatint etching; this means that I have drawn the image, through a varnish, onto a copper plate, I then immerse the copper plate in acid, & the acid “bites” into the copper where I have removed the varnish. When the plate is done, & this takes a while, as most copper plates go in the acid several times, with me adding more detail & aquatint (gives dark tones) I ink the copper plate up for each print I make, you can only print once per inking. Once the ink & paper has dried I sign, title & number each print. As etchings are real hands on printmaking, printmaker are allowed to call their prints original prints, & etchings are very collectible. A great way to start an art collection! Aquatint is a technique where deep tones can be achieved on an etching, it involves rosin, that gets melted onto the copperplate with the help of a burner. Find my printmaking movies on Youtube, just search under my name. I print the Cat on chair in a short edition of only 60 prints, each print is numbered & signed by me. Please note you might not receive the number in the photograph. The etching is printed on a piece of warm white heavy printmaking paper, perfect for the image, the paper measures 9 x 12" (23 x 30 cm) & the actual images measures 6" x 9" (16 cm x 23 cm) I’ll mail your etching carefully wrapped with lots of experience in shipping from my studio in Denmark, see my reviews to set your mind at rest! Thanks for visiting, come back soon! Mariann my linocuts are at: www.etsy.com/shop/linocutheaven , they are all moving over here, so you find all my prints in one shop! Etching, Cat On Chair, Handprinted Paper, Signed & Numbered Edition, Mariann Johansen-Ellis, Cat Lovers, White
