The Printmaker.

Bitumen on the copper plate covers it entirely,evenly. With a needle,she draws her picture,the point of the needle revealing the raw copper underneath. This raw copper is the part that is eaten by the nitric acid. Now,she must concentrate on the drawing,bearing in mind the final print will be the reverse of the image she is rendering while she carefully draws the image. Wearing a face-mask,apron + two pairs of heavy duty gloves, her sihouette approaches the prepared nitric chamber..