6 cm x 6 cm Original Etching

Copperplate etching via the sugar-lift technique where I painted directly onto the copper with a sugar compound, allowed that to dry and then covered this with a layer of Wax, and let that dry and then I submerged everything into a bath of boiling water this allowed the sugar to liquidize and lift off the wax protective layer exposing copper this was then submerged in acid to allow the etching to occur.

In traditional pure etching, a metal plate (usually of copper, zinc or steel) is covered with a waxy ground which is resistant to acid. The artist then scratches off the ground with a pointed etching needle where he or she wants a line to appear in the finished piece, exposing the bare metal. The échoppe, a tool with a slanted oval section, is also used for "swelling" lines. The plate is then dipped in a bath of acid, known as the mordant (French for "biting") or etchant, or has acid washed over it. The acid "bites" into the metal (it undergoes a redox reaction) to a depth depending on time and acid strength, leaving behind the drawing carved into the wax on the plate. The remaining ground is then cleaned off the plate. For first and renewed uses the plate is inked in any chosen non-corrosive ink all over and the surface ink drained and wiped clean, leaving ink in the etched forms.