Describing electro-etching in 1852 “If, for instance, plates of copper be covered on any part of their surface with a stratum of varnish, that part will be excluded from the line of action, while all else is being consumed. Advantage has been taken of this, by coating the plate with proper composition and then tracing […]
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Using Sodium Chloride as an Electrolyte to Etch Aluminium In theory this is what should be happening in this cell. But the gas coming off the anode does not have the typical chlorine smell.As electrolysis takes place it would be expected that sodium hydroxide (caustic soda) would develop in the solution and that this would
At last, after ten months I have approval for my research into the development and use of Electro Etching and Electro Plating as a medium in printmaking. In this series of prints I have been exploring the potential for calligraphic mark making. The original drawings were transferred onto the plates using photo sensitive emulsion. The
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I seem to be plating anything that doesn’t move. Really excited about the potential of 3D printing. But it does require tenacity, patiences and a sense of adventure! It is another one of those technologies where the manufacturers are expecting the general public to do their R&D for them. It is certainly being overhyped and
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Relieved to see that the damage to the plate was caused by the roller crashing into the plate because the pressure was set too high. Plating appears to cope with downward pressure O.K. Should have realised that the plate is thicker than regular intaglio plate. It is a collagraph plate stupid.
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Plate seems have survived going through the press quite well. A small amount of copper plate has flaked off on the etched part of the plate and there are a few hairline cracks at the top of the plate. At the top of the plate there was a drilled hole that was just covered with
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Fortunately I haven’t finalised my research proposal because I might need to change it. The recent experiments I have been undertaking with plating, galvanic/electro etching and 3D printing are offering up some really exciting possibilities and limiting my research to safer etching is going to be too restrictive. I’m thinking in terms of producing a
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Images inspired by during a Le Cheile residency at the Welsh Language and Heritage Centre on the Llyn Peninsula.
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The Cill Rialaig Project was set up by publisher Noelle Campbell-Sharpe, as an artist retreat on the Bolus Head peninsula in County Kerry, Ireland. The images in this slideshow reflect the time I spent at Cill Rialaig with fellow artists from Lecheile an Irish-Welsh collaborative project – Communication through printmaking.
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Test Strip Electro Etch test strip showing ten minute progressions from light grey to a beautiful velvet black.