Etcher Sketch: A Conversation with Nadine Orenstein and Freyda Spira About “The Renaissance of Etching”
The idea of using acid to incise lines in a printing plate arose in 15th-century Europe, most probably as an outgrowth of innovations in the production of ornamented armor.Despite the many technical challenges presented by the chemistry and metallurgy of etching (noxious fumes, iron plates that rusted, the unpredictable interactions of materials), artists across the […]