ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

SPATTER
Spatter is an intaglio printmaking technique. The drawing is applied with a brush to a polished metal plate using a special ink consisting of Arabic hum, water, sugar and pigment. When the drawing dries, the plate is covered with etching varnish and placed in cool water. Due to the sugar in the ink, it starts to pop off in the areas of the design, revealing the surface of the plate. The plate is then etched, as in the etching technique, and after the ink has been applied, it is printed in a concave printing press. Prints made with this technique are characterised by a grey heel and a broad line with black edges.

AQUATINT
Aquatint is an intaglio printmaking technique. Aquatint differs from etching, first of all, by the fact that it is not the lines that are etched, but the planes. A metal plate is covered with powdered rosin or asphalt dust, which melts and sticks to it when heated. After etching the effect of light dots on a dark background is obtained. Up to about one hundred impressions can be created using the aquatint technique. Aquatint impressions made in the aquatint technique resemble watercolors or drawings varnished with ink.
Creating a printed form in this method includes:
- coating a metal plate with powdered rosin or asphalt dust, which melts and sticks to it when heated;
- image application by coating selected areas of the metal surface with varnish;
- then etching the exposed metal with nitric acid.