Printing "Sunlit"

From inking the plate to the finished engraving.

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Lifting the engraving.

The small paper pieces are used again to protect the engraving while carefully lifting the printed engraving off the plate.

This has to be peeled back in one smooth motion so it doesn't pick up any unwanted ink from the plate that might mar the lines of the image.

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

Links to all the steps.
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