Today i was working on fine art etching. We carved plastic plate with knife and use the machine to print it. We also used some special black ink brushed the plastic plate to cover the trace of the knife. I was interested in flnding out what is the different between i brush more ink or less ink on the plastic plate.
I found it really fascinating because i it well. I enjoy the process of learning how to make the plastic plate，even it’s really hard. Firstly，we put gloves on the hand and put paper into water for 5min. Then we put ink on etching plate，use scrapper scrap the ink. After that，we clean the ink and use 2 newsprint include plate into the machine. the first picture is my first outcome，the second picture is my third outcome.the third one was exactly what i had been hoping for.
What i learned is that how to use etching equipment and print the plate. To achieve a better result，i need to practice more times and carved more details.
Qichen wu 