COPPER PLATE
Copper plate is used for Etching that is to make marks on a copper plate using a sharp metal point, followed by applying ink on the plate, then with pressure ‘press’ the etched marking onto paper. Examples are:
Arpana Caur (India)
Nakazawa Shinichi (Japan)
Chaiyanandha Cha-um Ngarm (Thailand)
Ithipol Thangchalok (Thailand)
Copper plate is used for Drypoint which is similar to etching, except that the artist makes roughened marks (leaving sand like edges on the copper plates), thus the printed result shows a fuzzy edge. Examples are:
Clifton Karhu (Japan)
Sato Kyoko (Japan)
Jo Darvall (Australia)
Mezzotint technique starts off by roughening the copper plate surface into what appears like sandpaper. Then the artist ‘carves’ his image into the roughened surface by removing part of the surface. Thus after applying ink on the plate, the ‘carved’ out spaces will not take up the ink and the ‘un-carved’ spaces will take the ink. Examples are:
Hamanishi Katsunori (Japan)
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This group of printing styles can be referred Intaglio.
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Watch Marjorie explain in video “Etching and Dry Point”
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