Etching on copper

Making an etching is an exacting process, involving many steps.  I take a prepared copper plate on location, where I draw upon it preparatory to being etched and printed. Here, I am placing high-quality paper over the inked plate before pulling it through the press.

An etching lifted from the plate after printing. 

More about the etching process

Most of my prints are etched, but I occasionally make a drypoint on copper, scratching into the plate with a sharp steel point. No etching solution is used, hence the term. The printing of a drypoint and an etching is similar.