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Instructions (View and Print)

Silk Aquatint is a non-acid method of working a print plate. The image is created by painting with whitened acrylic medium on a black silk surface backed with plastic, to produce a variety of tones and textures. The plate is then inked, wiped (like a metal plate), and printed on an etching press.

Silk Aquatint print by Rigo Pergalta. (plate show above print)

Silk Aquatint by Julio Valdez

Silk Aquatint by: Marcos Dimas

Rodriguez Calero

© the individual artists