About The Artist:
Linda Plotkin
Education B.A. - University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee M.F.A. - Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY Selected Solo Exhibitions 2008SVCCC Arts Project, St. Vincent's Hospital, New York, NY 1997G.W. Einstein Gallery, New York, NY 1996Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, NC 1994G. W. Einstein Gallery, New York, NY 1991 Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI 1989 Susan Teller Gallery, New York, NY 1988 David Barnett Gallery, Milwaukee, WI 1987 G.W. Einstein Gallery, New...
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About The Medium:
Etching
The printing process of using strong acid or mordant to cut into the unprotected parts of a metal surface to create a design in intaglio (incised) in the metal. In traditional pure etching, a metal (usually copper, zinc or steel) plate is covered with a waxy ground which is resistant to acid. The artist then scratches off the ground with a pointed etching needle where they want a line to appear in the finished piece, exposing the bare metal. The plate is then put through a high-pressure printing press together with a sheet of paper (often moistened to soften it). The paper picks up the ink from the etched lines, making a print.