Mezzotints are made by manually creating a ground on a copper plate with a special tool called a rocker. The ground is scraped back to create an image. The more ground removed the lighter it will print. The process dates back to the early 1700’s. All works are on archival etching paper.
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Mezzotints are made by manually creating a ground on a copper plate with a special tool called a rocker. The ground is scraped back to create an image. The more ground removed the lighter it will print. The process dates back to the early 1700’s. All works are on archival etching paper.