{"id":325,"date":"2021-05-11T18:03:15","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T18:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museum.middcreate.net\/projects\/early-modern-dutch-prints\/?page_id=325"},"modified":"2021-05-16T18:23:40","modified_gmt":"2021-05-16T18:23:40","slug":"etching","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/museum.middcreate.net\/projects\/early-modern-dutch-prints\/etching\/","title":{"rendered":"Etching"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Etching is a printmaking technique in which designs are scratched into a copper <a href=\"https:\/\/museum.middcreate.net\/projects\/early-modern-dutch-prints\/plate-and-platemark\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/museum.middcreate.net\/projects\/early-modern-dutch-prints\/plate-and-platemark\">plate<\/a> with a sharp-pointed etching needle. The plate is first coated in a layer of waxy ground, usually colored black, into which the image is scratched to reveal the metal underneath. Once finished, the plate is dipped into an acid bath which eats away at the copper and creates the etched lines. These lines are then filled with ink and passed through a printing press as in the engraving process. Unlike in <a href=\"https:\/\/museum.middcreate.net\/projects\/early-modern-dutch-prints\/engraving\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/museum.middcreate.net\/projects\/early-modern-dutch-prints\/engraving\">engraving<\/a>, in which a <a href=\"https:\/\/museum.middcreate.net\/projects\/early-modern-dutch-prints\/burin\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/museum.middcreate.net\/projects\/early-modern-dutch-prints\/burin\">burin<\/a> carves directly into the copper plate, in etching, the etching needle merely exposes the plate, allowing the acid to \u201cbite\u201d into the metal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Etched works in the Middlebury Museum\u2019s collections include <a href=\"https:\/\/museumcollections.middlebury.edu\/objects\/2662\/scroll-weight-one-of-a-pair?ctx=82e6e77d803126a53475466e65d16b6d6fe2410e&amp;idx=11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Scroll Weight<\/em><\/a><em> <\/em>by an anonymous Chinese artist<em>, <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/museumcollections.middlebury.edu\/objects\/126\/view?ctx=82e6e77d803126a53475466e65d16b6d6fe2410e&amp;idx=4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>View<\/em><\/a><em> <\/em>by David Bumbeck<em>, <\/em>and <a href=\"https:\/\/museumcollections.middlebury.edu\/objects\/2975\/four-winds-farm?ctx=82e6e77d803126a53475466e65d16b6d6fe2410e&amp;idx=8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Four Winds Farm<\/em><\/a> by Luigi Lucioni.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Written by Julia Levin, edited by Simone Edgar Holmes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:55px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Bibliography<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ExpertVillage Leaf Group. <em>Intaglio Printmaking Tools: Marking With An Intaglio Burin<\/em>. 2008. https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uThLqmV2PLo.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Etching is a printmaking technique in which designs are scratched into a copper plate with a sharp-pointed etching needle. The plate is first coated in a layer of waxy ground, usually colored black, into which the image is scratched to reveal the metal underneath. 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