Photogravure Etching

Starting with a photograph (in my case) there are about 20 or so separate steps in producing an etching.

A steel plate less than a millimetre thick has a sensitive polymer surface which when exposed to sunlight or, in this case ultra-violet light, can be made to hold an image.

The resulting intaglio etching plate, once inked, is then overlaid with thick, water-soaked paper and forced through an etching press at great pressure.

The intricate process creates an image of great delicacy and tonal range, which (I hope) reveals itself as a print which engages and is of some worth.