Research attack

I did some more research about printmaking (using the list of resources on Blackboard as a starting point).

I looked at William Blake who I studied from a literary perspective at school.

In the 18th Century, Blake was considered a bit eccentric; he claimed he saw angels in the trees at Peckham Rye and said the idea for the new printing technique he created came from his deceased brother who's spirit visited him and conversed with him daily.

This new method was called relief etching. It writing/drawing on copper plates with acid resistant medium, then dissolving the background away with acid so the writing/images are raised. The printed images then have to be hand painted with watercolours.

I also looked at Audrey Niffenegger who, (like Blake?) is a polymath*.

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Image from Audrey Niffenegger's illustrated novel The Three Incestuous Sisters which uses aquatint prints

Audrey wrote the bestselling book (and now film) The Time Travellers Wife but also produces graphic novels and children's books which she illustrates herself. She's also a professor at Columbia College in Chicago, and some examples of her printmaking (lino cuts and aquatints) can be seen here.

*New lingo from Dr.Leo de Freitas!