Three Drinking Nudes, printed

Yesterday was a complete marathon of a printing session. With drypoint (see previous post), the ink is held only by the burr raised by scratching the metal, and it is easily damaged and flattened and the prints get progressively paler. I am told the best thing is simply to print all you can in one day, without stopping, to get the most from the plate…. So, 12 prints from each of three plates, which was asking a bit much for one day’s printing, but by the end of the day I had got it down to a fairly fine and certainly rapid art!

Here are three of the earliest and strongest prints – more on the coasters when I have done the other three…

Drinking Nudes – drypiont prints for handmade coasters – 1

Drinking Nudes – drypiont prints for handmade coasters – 2

Drinking Nudes – drypiont prints for handmade coasters – 3