Here, a photograph of a hand-knitter of the Dales, is reversed in to a 'negative' image; anything that is white on the original image is now black, and vice versa. This is vital if the final etching is to appear as a 'positive' image. Many thanks to the following website for the image I used to test the process. http://www.daelnet.co.uk/features/knitting/
Here, I applied the etching resists of some of my own photographs of my model-making process.
More image etch-resists applied, ready to etch.
The same bits of metal, now etched....
This image was achieved by colouring the metal with chemicals rather than etching.
Here is an example of a photograph of one of the Tinsmith's cardboard templates, etched in to metal. The next step is to cut this shape out around the etched shape.
Etched knitting image.
More hand-knitters.
Wool pattern.
Ball of wool and a wool pattern.
The Tinsmith template image again, but this time the image is 'stained' in to the surface of the metal using chemicals.
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