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Creation of
"Sunlit"
fine art engraving
The blank plate before it has been engraved.
Before engraving has started, the edges have been smoothed off so they won't
catch the ink or tear the paper.
- No marks have been made yet.
- The plates come polished, but I smooth the surface out even more before
I start engraving.
- The edges are worked with a file to round them, then smoothed out with
fine sandpaper (called emory) so it won't cut the paper when run through
the press.
- This plate is made of 16 gauge (.064 inches) copper, my preferred metal
to work on, called "Engravers copper."
- If the plate is too thick it might cut the paper like a die would.
- The copper has a lustrous surface that is easy on the eyes and cuts cleanly.
- If your burin or graver tool is
properly sharpened, a spiral of copper peels off as you are engraving, like
an apple peel. Your tool can leave a line of varying depths and widths.
- There are also other tools that
produce different effects.
Contact
R. Michelson Galleries to see and purchase Max D. Standley oil paintings,
engravings, drawings and giclées for your home and office.
Contact
Fine Impressions Gallery to see and purchase Max D. Standley engravings
for your home and office.