Etching Quiz

Three ingredients to make black ink

Vine pigment, Bone pigment, linseed oil

Natural source of Burnt Plate Oil #3

Flaxseed oil

How many felt blankets are used

Two, pusher and catcher

which blanket goes closest to the print paper, why

Catcher, picks up from wet paper

Intaglio means

to incise

what are the three techniques that fall under this process

Engraving, Dry point, Etching

What two hand tools are used to remove an unwanted mark/scratch from a copper plate

Scraper, Burnisher

How do you remove ink

Mineral spirits, soybean soil, » soysolv

Which solvent is in the tall brass (and red vinyl) containers

Alcohol

What is one purpose the hotplate serves

To bake hardground, to loosen ink

Which print process uses the stifest ink

Drypoint, stays in lines/grooves

What can you use to ensure that the scratches in your dry-point have been filled with ink

Felt dober

Why do you dampen paper towels

Paper can sink into the grooves, paper can form into scratches

How long do you keep paper in the water/bath

depend on paper/ consult on chart

what is sizing

Glue that makes things stiff

What is the name of the tool we use to roll on ink

Brayer

What do we wipe the ink from our plates with

Tarleton

How does monotype differ from intaglio

No permanent image on he matrix, monotrpes are one of a kind

What broader category of printmaking do the monotype techniques fall under

Planographic

What is the term fro impressions pulled from a print matrix that are notpart of an edition

A proof