I’m afraid it’s still the season for Christmas preparations in The Studio. I’ve been playing with drypoint etching to create some limited edition Christmas cards. Each design is limited to 8 prints (at which point my drypoint plates disintegrated – I’m not using perspex or metal btw). The illustrations are hand drawn and then transferred to my etching plate. Ink is caught in the grooves and wiped off the rest of the plate – each inking and print takes around 10 mins. Sorry the photo isn’t all that, and the cream colour of the print paper is less obvious in real life. You’re welcome to order these at £3 each (not including P&P).

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