I fixed the stone!! Turns out there was grease on it that had accepted ink, and the pressure of the press mashed it in. Ended up doing a few wet washouts and then tapping the dark spots with an etching needle. Compared to how it was, I’m really pleased with the results - got an edition of 12 out of this!

I fixed the stone!! Turns out there was grease on it that had accepted ink, and the pressure of the press mashed it in. Ended up doing a few wet washouts and then tapping the dark spots with an etching needle. Compared to how it was, I’m really pleased with the results - got an edition of 12 out of this!

  1. firstproof said: Wow that’s a big difference from the prior post, must have taken a long time to ‘clean’ those areas up.
  2. fromasouthernstate posted this