Object as Image - Soft Ground Etchings

Using asphaltum as a soft ground medium, the class coated their plates and made impressions with objects such as leaves, feathers, ribbons, pencil shavings, and textured paper. After etching the plates in acid, the students experimented with various printing techniques, including chine-collé and surface rolling a second color.

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