How to make an etching | National Museums Liverpool

Etching is a printmaking technique that uses a corrosive liquid to etch lines in a metal printing plate which holds the applied ink and forms the image. Learn how to make your own etching with our how-to video. Created by Liverpool John Moores University Print Studio.

[alisoncassidy]

I've just been to an exhibition of George Cuitt's work at Grosvenor Museum, which had lots of focus on his life and focus of his work but I saw nothing about how actual etchings were made! This was fascinating and made me appreciate his work even more.

[smalleyesbigattitude]

Studying for a test, thank you for breaking it down so simply!

[FacePainting-wf]

Great video, clear explanation and demo. Very educational, thank you!

[radharcanna]

A very clear explanation. A lovely etching too.

[I_Am_Leo]

i guess it will produce a mirror image which is not the exact one. like little p would be like q, right?

[vipulkumar]

Thanks for this beautiful video showing this art in making

[rosecaz]

I am reading a book and one of the main characters is a Teaching Assistant in Art who specializes in etching.
I literally search this bec im so curious, the art is so beautiful indeed.

[nocturnalart]

Look up Gérard Edelinck if you want to see some truly amazing copper-plate engraving!

[weinbenderwladimir]

What wax are you using and where can I buy it?

[cut]

Didn"t understand the moment with the chalk on the printing press

[artmanstudios]

how basically you do all of that just to print it on a piece of paper? rather than just drawing it on that piece of paper?

[TahtahmesDiary]

My brain is so sad that something about the sheer number of steps, the way it is narrated, and the way this is shot reminded my brain think of How To Make a Plumbus lmao

[devinmichaelroberts]

why do all of the wax and all that.. seems for how rough the drawings are in this it could have easily all been done just with dry point right? I think you are using a bunch of extra processes for no reason

[dilarasimsek]

Napıyon hacı sen hiç mi işin derdin bakman gereken hastan çocuğun falan yok kafayımı yedin

[karoma]

Probably the most overrated, inefficient, and expensive forms of printing, and for that, as an engineer who spent a decade studying and working on making things as efficient as possible, i hate this with burning passion, probably more than that poor guys landlord hates him because he's an artist and is probably broke