Max D. Standley home page.
The artwork on this website has been shipped to the galleries listed on the left.

Printing "Sunlit"

From inking the plate to the finished engraving.

Picking up the paper with small pieces of paper Picking up the paper.

Small folded pieces of paper cut for this purpose are used to protect the engraving paper while picking it up.

The paper is picked up by the corners and carried over to the plate.

Want to see this copper plate in the several stages of being engraved before printing?





Links to all the steps.
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Try holding your mouse cursor over the letters for a second or two to see the titles.