Engraving and Etching...

Engraving using engraving tools and pine

 

 Unlike when I have engraved before I found it quite easy to remove the wood. I enjoyed this technique although it does hurt your hand after a while!

One of my designs using a printing press and rubbing to create the relief print.

printing using the printing press, Mix of peoples printing blocks

Engraving 

For this technique I used a copper plate that had some text previously lazer cut onto it, I worked around this and using a tiny spike I etched in my design. In France both of these techniques are called engraving but in England we would call this technique etching. 

This technique was a lot easier to control than the engraving tools and a lot more detail can be created.