To help me translate my photographs to print, I used a process called sugar-lift aquatint (sugar-lift). It is a form similar to etching, achieved by painting a syrupy solution of sugar onto a copper plate and then coating it in a liquid etching ground. When the plate dries it is placed in hot water, the sugar dissolves and lifts off, leaving the image to be etched. The initial image is created by the form of the sugar.
This is an example of the finished
product using the sugar-lift and acid. To create the larger indents I left the
plate in acid for 20 minutes, 3 minutes 30 second for the medium indents and 30
seconds for the smaller ones.
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