Dry Point

How to do a Dry Point Print...

1. Etch design on to a piece of acetate.
2. Make up ink and extender mixture, consisting of 50% ink and 50% extender.
3. Smear a layer of the mixture over the design on acetate, until all details of the design are covered.
4. Now use paper/ yellow pages paper, to remove the excess ink from the acetate, making the design visible.
5. Soak some paper to print on for about 10 minutes, and then dry by sandwiching between dry sheets of paper.
6. Now take the acetate and prepared paper, place the paper on to the roller, place the acetate ink side down on to the paper, cover with layers of paper and felt and then roll through the press.
7. Check work to make sure it has come out, if not roll through the press a couple more times until the design comes out.