"Catch me if you can" - Printing results!✨

Good day everyone!! 🙌

Today I am going to share the results of yesterday's printing session of my two latest drypoints.

Put together they make up a hunting scene which I have choose to call " Catch me if you can".

"Catch me if you can", hand pulled drypoint on zink plates.

This was the first time I used zink plates to engrave my drypoint on. Before I have only used copper and chose zink plates this time as an experiment mainly because they are a lot cheaper.

Turns out they are a great, much more affordable option to engrave on than copper!

The plates all inked up before I pulled them through the press.

This time I also used pure powder pigment that I mixed with a fatty oil to make my own ink from scratch. That turned out to create a huge difference in the quality of the finished product and the experience of inking up the plate.

Usually I find that I have to work a long time to rub off the ink to only have it remaining in the engravings as the ink tend to be quite sticky. This results in a wiping process that takes forever. Well!! Not with my made from scratch inks! They literally come off the plate in no time while remaining in perfect place exactly where it's supposed to!! 🙌✨ Magic!!

Plates through the press.

I am so happy with my new discoveries! Hopefully this will make drypoint a lot easier in the future. 😊

Foxy...

Mr.Hare..

By the way, do you think the fox should be on the bottom of the paper or on the top like it is now?

I'm also wondering about the colors, more red in the fox? 🖌

I hope you are all having a great Friday!

❤