Hopefully, if I put things up here someone may stumble across and be able to offer some help and assistance or vice versa.
So much of what I've been attempting has come from the www.nontoxicprint.com website that it seems only right and just to mention it right here.
To get back into the swing of things, I started mucking about with a few drypoints.
These are made on plastic packaging of various kinds that I salvage from (usually) toy packaging. My 'etching needle' is an old metal compass that I found lurking.
The ink is Caligo safe wash etching ink which is lovely and one of the few things quite easily available in UK online art shops. I'm particularly partial to the Sepia colour, seems to just the right consistency and is a rich colour, seems stronger than the black for some reason.
I've had lots of problems with papers, but most success seems to come with BFK Rives paper.
I've only got a piddly little press but since I always end up working small anyway it suits me and means the huge sheets of paper last absolutely ages. One day, I should really try working on a large size print.
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