Photo Etching the 70's

Yes,  I've had an extremely busy & productive week in the print studio! As you may know, I've been doing all beginning work/film tests on old family slides that have been transferred to digital images and have been using them as a starting point for photo etching. This is my brother, circa early 1970's~

Pretty cute, huh? 

Below, the etched plate... inked, wiped & ready to print~

Even though I had some film problems around the edges... I got the exposure, development & aquatint process right on, so I got a nice deep etch, which holds the ink well, translating into a nice rich print.

Have also been experimenting with different colored inks & printing on different paper~

This one was my favorite!