Magical Secrets About Line Etching & Engraving: The Step-by-Step Art of Incised Lines

Cathleen Brooks

ISBN 10: 1891300202 / ISBN 13: 9781891300202

Published by Crown Point Press, 2007

About this Item

4to - over 9?" - 12" tall. In pictorial boards, 4to, 206pp. Illustrated profusely. Includes cd in pocket at front board.

Seller Inventory # 0856485

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Magical Secrets About Line Etching & Engraving: The Step-by-Step Art of Incised Lines
• Publisher: Crown Point Press
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1891300202
• ISBN 13: 9781891300202
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Color and B&W Illustration
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket

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Synopsis

Cultural Writing. Art. Magical Secrets are sudden flashes of insight that help you make sense of something you care about. If you care about etching, engraving, and drypoint (a form of engraving), you will find revelations here. Author Catherine Brooks is a master printer at Crown Point Press, printers and publishers of etchings since 1962, and she draws on the venerable history of that institution to create an inspirational and highly usable how-to book. Crown Point Press founder, Kathan Brown, adds an appendix on hand-wiping and printing that teaches you to ink and print etchings with Crown Point's superlative quality. The practical information is artist-centered, with illustrations and discussions of line etchings and engravings enhanced by quotations from the artists who made them. The book includes a DVD on which Catherine Brooks and Kathan Brown demonstrate the processes and artists are shown using them.

Review

This book gives readily accessible information on all forms of intaglio line, from drypoint and engraving to wax-based hard and soft grounds. Health and safety is addressed where necessary. Wonderfully illustrated with step-by-step photographs of the processes, the book includes works by more than 20 artists including Chuck Close, Anish Kapoor and Judy Pfaff. The accompanying DVD provides another route of access, ideal for those who may be intimidated by the written word. Kathan Brown's appendix on printing is well laid-out with diagrams and photographs. Interestingly it does not follow the ways of printing often found in the US but describes the Crown Point Press way that she learned while studying at London's Central School of Art. It is extremely refreshing to see such clear explanation of traditional methods. ----Alan Smith, Etching Instructor- Royal College of Art, London, Printmaking Today, 2008