Learn how to make drypoint prints at home, without a press. Add additional layers of color and texture using monoprint transfer techniques.

Materials

-Plate, your choice: plastic lid*, plastic sheet (overhead projector sheet, duralar, etc), plexiglass, copper.

*Recyclable plastic lids are fun for picking up found textures. Scratch a test spot on your plastic lid or sheet to see that it scratches easily- not too slippery. Also make sure it doesn’t peel when you scratch it- some of the common NYC takeout containers peel. Most food product containers work great for drypoint.

-Etching needle or scraper

-Etching ink

-Printmaking paper

-Metal spoon or bone folder

-Palette

-Palette knife

-Mat board/credit card/small squeegee

-Tarlatan (1x1’ is enough to start. Alternatives: cheesecloth or felt)

-Newsprint or magazine

-Vegetable oil and vinegar for cleaning (or soap works for some inks like Akua brand)

-Butcher tray or clean sink/bathtub for soaking paper

-Clean towel for blotting paper

-Tracing paper

-Oil paint or any color printing inks

-Brush

-Ballpoint pen

Optional:

-Image to work from

-Sandpaper, steel wool, burnisher, any texturing tools