Etching

I was searching for good quality laser etching machines which I could use for etching my company logo on my laptop, when I found a video of a guy using a laser etching machine to etch a tattoo in his arm. I was initially shocked but on doing some research on this topic, I found that [...]

  Baccus61 has documented some of his cool DIY Laser Etching Projects. He makes etching an image on a round bottle simple! After the jump are a few of my favorite videos he has created. "My new rotary attachment is finally ready after a couple of weeks in the making (I didn’t spend too much time building it [...]

I wanted to build an etching tank since i first saw one in an article on Make Blog. It was fun to make it and it will sure speed-up my PCB making process. The main thing that i wanted to achieve with my etching tank was to keep it thin so it holds up smaller [...]

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Abdominal etching as the name suggests while not your traditional art style is definitely a modern plastic surgery technique. A lot of people argue that plastic surgery is an art form, albeit one with serious consequences if the art techniques particular to it are not appropriately followed. An abdominal etching procedure therefore has certain requirements that the liposuction plastic surgeon h

Pilous 1.75 x 4.75 Soft Ground Etching with watercolorThis little etching was inspired by vintage Edwardian stage actress portrait cards. You can see the zinc plate I used to make the etching below for a sense of scale. The title "Pilous", means covered with soft, downy hair.

Still struggling with various PCB making technologies and cannot do it right, you should try Photo Etching method which is becoming more and more common among radio amateurs. All materials needed are easily accessed. Probably the hardest part is to obtain UV light source. But you can find tons of sources on the internet how [...]

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Although i linked to some DIY tutorials on printed circuit board making in the past, i decided to write my own tutorial to cover all the bits and pieces so that any beginner with no knowledge can obtain a PCB using the photo etching method. Lets start with the tools and materials i used: Canon MP160 [...]

  You could consider this as a way of marketing or you could start a business off it or you can just laser etch some egg’s for your own pleasure and keep them around the house. Easter egg LASER etching: [Link] Related posts USB powered easter eggs (4) Some info about home made laser’s (1) How to : LASER activated paintball [...]

Sure Temptation, 6 x 9 Etching & WatercolorThis piece was the result of a print-exchange with 12 fellow printmakers. We clipped los angeles yellow pages headers, and tossed them into a box. Each artist pulled a slip from the box, and created a print inspired by their selection; I pulled Sure Temptation. I hadn't pondered Eve's story too deeply before that print exchange, but after researching the details, I could imagine Eve, with innocent demeanor, and naive carriage, in the seconds before her first exchange with the serpent.This etching & watercolor is available for sale here.The yellow pages header, and rough sketches & ideas.Transferring the first parts of the drawing on the plate, through the ground, to prepare for the acid.

Listening 2.75 x 3.5 Intaglio Etching [Artists' Proof] with WatercolorBeveling a zinc plate to make an etching.Drawing through a waxy ground on the plate, and taping the bevels in preparation for an acid bath. Inking the etched plate to push pigment into the tiny holes etched by the acid. This is followed by wiping the top surface clean, and leaving ink embedded in the tiny etched wells.After going through the press, pulling the artists' proof. This is a test image; the plate will be coated with ground again, and the process continues in this cycle until the art is finished and ready for printing an edtion.The proof, before I painted it with watercolors.

Apple iPhone owners will be able to get their iPhones laser-etched soon via a similar service that Apple do for the iPod soon (we would imagine), but for now you will have to get it done else where like one person did at Philip Torrone’s shop in New York. The video below shows an iPhone getting etched with some old-school flying toasters. So would you get your iPhone laser-etched? Source Written by Daniel for Product ReviewsIn Sections: Cell & Mobile Phones, Cell & Mobile Information

Limehouse (1859)Print (etching), 12.76x 19.9cm platemark; 14.0 x 21.4cm sheetJames Whistler (1834 - 1903)Art Gallery New South Wales (purchased 1898)Whistler was a very gifted printmaker and produced numerous etchings, lithographs and dry-points between the 1850s and the turn of the century. I love drawing but I have no experience of etching or making prints. However I think learning more about this aspect of Whistler (and printmaking processes - see end) will be one of the main benefits for me of this Whistler month - and this blog post is very much a record of my explorations.I'm also taking the opportunity to find more images of the etchings of the River Thames near my home - with images this time of Limehouse and Billingsgate. Looking at the ways different people have represented the River Thames is becoming a very strong area of artistic interest for me.The Thames Set - sixteen etchings of scenes on the ThamesI referred to the Thames set of etchings in my earlier Whistler Mont

I'll be offline till Monday, May 21st. Here are some etching process shots in the meantime.Coating a beveled, sanded & polished zinc plate with hard ground.Using a Whistler's Needle (or a twisted scribe) to draw/scrape into the ground on the plate where I want to etch into the metal.Dipping the plate into an acid bath for 60 seconds.After cleaning the hard ground off the plate with solvents, I'm pushing Daniel Smith oil-based etching ink into the etched line work with a bondo scraper.Tarlatan cloth is used to wipe the ink from the top surface of the plate, and then newsprint buffs it a little more. This leaves ink settled beneath the surface, in the tiny wells bored by the acid.Soaked and blotted paper is laid on the inked & wiped plate, and rolled under a press at about 1800 pounds of pressure. The pulp of the paper is pushed into those little pores of ink, and pulled off the plate here...This is an artist's proof, and the process will continue from the beginning over & over; co

Lilac in an Amber Vase 4 x 5 Etching with Watercolor [Artist's Proof]I was testing lights and darks for the next stages on this etching with watercolors. It's a nice way to map your next step in the printmaking process, and it's quick.

Etching with Fire Originally uploaded by Sudhamshu. A day of festivity, Celebration of a renowned victory,Of Good over Evil.The Evil still persists,The Good still fights it,The Perpetual Dance continues.Win a battle,cast out the darkness,Light up your Life.Feel the jubilation in the air,Laugh like you were a kid again,and etch your name with Fire. I posted that picture in a small

This little etching was made last summer, inspired by the style of Edwardian stage actress portrait cards. You can see the zinc plate I used to make the etching, and the print, before and after I painted it. The title is "Pilous", which means covered with soft, downy hair. After I printed the etching in a small edition of five, I painted each one with watercolors, using arbitrary colors.Sold

This is a sheet of acrylic, with an image scratched into the surface with an etching needle. Since no acid is used to bite the lines into the plate, it's called a dry-point etching. I used tightly rolled "tubes" of felt to push different colors of etching ink into the grooves before printing (called "a la poupee"). This is the first print, and I'll go back and add more details and dark tones to the plate before printing it again to see how it's coming along later this week.In the meantime, the first proof was colored with prismacolors, and it's hanging in the studio.Bird on her Shoulder 5 x 7 Dry Point Etching & Colored PencilAvailable here.