Train Setting is a drawing by AnnaJo Vahle which was uploaded on June 15th, 2020.
Train Setting
This is an old etching that I did of my sons. Yes, I actually used to etch. This is a copper etching. Actually, this is a print I made with a... more
by AnnaJo Vahle
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Title
Train Setting
Artist
AnnaJo Vahle
Medium
Drawing - Print By Etching
Description
This is an old etching that I did of my sons. Yes, I actually used to etch. This is a copper etching. Actually, this is a print I made with a copper etching that I created.
I made Christmas cards with this image. I based this on a watercolor that I had painted of them.
According to Wikipedia...
Etching is traditionally the process of using strong acid or mordant to cut into the unprotected parts of a metal surface to create a design in intaglio (incised) in the metal. In modern manufacturing, other chemicals may be used on other types of material. As a method of printmaking, it is, along with engraving, the mos important technique for old master prints. It remains in wide use today. In a number of modern variants such as micofabrication etching, and potochemical milling it is a crucial technique in much modern technology, including circuit boards.
In traditional pure etching, a metal (usually copper, zinc or steel) plate is covered with a waxy ground which is resistant to acid.
The artist then scratches off the ground with a pointed etching needle where he or she wants a line to appear in the finished piece, so exposing the bare metal. The échoppe, a tool with a slanted oval section, is also used for "swelling" lines. The plate is then dipped in a bath of acid, technically called the mordant (French for "biting") or etchant, or has acid washed over it. The acid "bites" into the metal (it reacts with it in a Redox reaction) to a depth depending on time and acid strength, leaving behind the drawing skillfully carved into the wax on the plate. The remaining ground is then cleaned off the plate. For first and renewed uses the plate is inked in any chosen non-corrosive ink all over and the surface ink drained and wiped clean, leaving ink in the etched forms.
The plate is then put through a high-pressure printing press together with a sheet of paper (often moistened to soften it). The paper picks up the ink from the etched lines, making a print. The process can be repeated many times; typically several hundred impressions (copies) could be printed before the plate shows much sign of wear. The work on the plate can be added to or repaired by re-waxing and further etching; such an etching (plate) may have been used in more than one state.
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June 15th, 2020
Comments (12)
Dr Debra Stewart's Gallery
Wonderful capture of the moment and the intensity of the subjects to create the train set landscape!!! -Tweet!
Nancy Griswold
A great one for a Christmas Card too, tis the season for train sets. Great drawing skill and print! FAV+
Kay Brewer
Oh, the hours my son and his friends assembled, dissembled, re-assembled trains! Beautiful etching. l/f
LEANNE SEYMOUR
Promoting this image in the Semi Abstract group "SEMI ABSTRACT IMAGES OF A CHILD OR CHILDREN ONLY - 2 A DAY" discussion thread. f/l
Bonnie Mason
A lovely etching, AnnaJo! I did a few etchings in a printmaking class. It could be so fascinating and frustrating to have everything reversed when you printed it! LF
AnnaJo Vahle replied:
Yes, Bonnie. You are quite right. One has to reverse their thinking and planning, don't they?
John M Bailey
Congratulations on your feature in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"