Drypoint Etching by Caroline Salmon - High Tide at Hastings - coloured - Ed of 15

High Tide at Hastings - printed in blue/grey on cream Edition of 15.

This drypoint was inspired fly the boats pulled up on the single at Hastings. This image had to be drawn back to front to get the lift up the cliff the right way round,

Drypoint prints are created by drawing & scratching with a pointed metal implement, on a metal plate which was then inked, so that ink remains in the crevices and allowing the untouched area  to be wiped clean by a smooth cloth. The plate is then put face down on damped paper, and run through a press under considerable pressure, making an indent impression on the paper in the same way that an etching would. Drypoint plates flatten when printed, so plates created that way  only ever get used for short runs.

Plate is 15.4cm x 20.5cm It is printed on cream paper with torn edges. As each are individually multi-inked colours vary slightly. 

These prints come wrapped in cellophane.The plate is also available in blue, blue/grey and grey on cream on this site.

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