Pia Fries at Crown Point Press
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Do you by any chance know what the white stuff on her plate is at 0:52?
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She is from Switzerland.
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I love her swiss accent!!
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That is soap ground, a resist. If the artist paints a liquid soap mixture on the plate instead of varnish to protect parts of the plate from the acid, the print is called a soap ground or white ground aquatint. The soap breaks down in the acid, creating irregular tones.
Crownpointer 5 months ago