About The Artist:
Richard Hennessy
Richard Hennessy b. 1941 Rochester, New York Education Eastman School of Music, 1954-59 Columbia College, B.A., 1963 Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, 1963-66 Solo Exhibitions 1991 Margulies/Taplin Gallery, Bay Harbor Islands, FL 1989 Ball State University, Muncie, IN 1986 Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo 1986 John Good Gallery, New York 1985 Getler/Pall/Saper Gallery, New York 1983 Hamilton Gallery, New York 1982 Hamilton Gallery,...
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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.