HAND PULLED ORIGINAL ETCHING: UNFRAMED

Printed by hand on a traditional etching press from an etched metal printing plate onto 300gsm Hahnemühle etching paper. Signed and numbered in pencil in the margin. Edition of 50. Image size 34 x 30.5cm. Paper larger by 15cm all round.

PLACING AN ORDER: Delivery on everything is free in the UK. Delivery time is usually about 3-5 days because certain items (usually anything in a frame, or canvas on a stretcher) are individually made to order.

We'll email you with a confirmation of your order and a tracking number for delivery. Please feel free to contact us by phone / email / text if you've got any questions. I'm usually available during working hours to answer queries.

Phone us on: (01639) 830920 (Office landline, we are usually in the studio / workshops so this may not be answered straight away.)

MOBILE: always in my pocket so you should get me on this right away. 07523 914 349

All our contact details are on the contact us page.

FRAMED OPTION: (delivery to UK only due to size)

45mm square solid pine construction

ultra-strong biscuit-jointed corners

thick bevel-cut mountboard

3mm thick optical grade acrylic "glass" as used by museums

available in natural pine or black both with hand-waxed finish.

WHAT'S AN ETCHING ?

It's a medieval technique of print-making where wet paper is draped over a printing plate and rolled through an etching press: a hand-cranked contraption that exerts thousands of pounds per square inch of pressure to force the ink from the plate onto the paper.
The printing plate is made of metal which has the design ETCHED into it by acid, hence the term "etching"

Etchings have a characteristic "feel" they are capable of incredible detail, and each will usually be slightly different because the plate is inked each time by hand before printing. An etching will always have the impression of the metal printing plate physically stamped into the paper. We use traditional carbon lamp black and linseed oil ink and Hahnemuhle paper for our etchings. They will potentially last millennia.

HAVE A LOOK AT THIS VIDEO: it shows how I created "Moonlight Crow" from start to finish. (see it full screen by clicking "watch on YouTube)