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Technician Corner: Photo-Etching

By Kate Desforges

Type
Article
Level
Advanced
Price
Free
Published
2023
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About this lesson

A print workshop technician's research log on getting a photographic image onto a metal etching plate: applying emulsion, timed exposure, developing and etching, and comparing the result against photogravure, photopolymergravure and direct-to-plate methods.