About The Artist:
Amram Ebgi
Amram Ebgi is an International Artist, a craftsman, and a master printer. He has been considered a visionary whose imagination combines the warmth of sensitive feelings with light and the complexities of life with subtle structure. He is a true technician who skillfully translates such rare and delightful concepts with inks onto paper for all to see. His art is available in Lithographs, Etchings, Watercolor, Oil, Giclee, Copper, and in many...
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About The Medium:
Etching
The printing process of using strong acid or mordant to cut into the unprotected parts of a metal surface to create a design in intaglio (incised) in the metal. In traditional pure etching, a metal (usually copper, zinc or steel) plate is covered with a waxy ground which is resistant to acid. The artist then scratches off the ground with a pointed etching needle where they want a line to appear in the finished piece, exposing the bare metal. The plate is then put through a high-pressure printing press together with a sheet of paper (often moistened to soften it). The paper picks up the ink from the etched lines, making a print.