Dry Point Etch (week four)

  In our fourth and final session with Dave and Mick during the induction weeks we were introudced to a new technique entitled, "Dry Point Etching" (this was the same technique used to print the Bible after it was identified that scribes, although accurate, were too slow). Firstly, we had to find an approapriate image to use whether that be one we drew oursleves, from a magazine / newspaper or from the Internet. In the end, I chose an eerie image, from a fashion magazine, of a male model and a dark silhouette behind him. I decided to choose this image because it was interesting, we were using a similar coloured ink to print the image once etched into a piece of clear plastic that we were then provided with, and it gave me the oppotunity to use different shading patterns, including dots and cross-hatching!