Estrum Ehnici: complete guide to beginners decorations

If you are determined to start a new production activity, which will bring you satisfaction and the engraving is the first option you want to consider, then you have just made an excellent choice! In addition to the fact that you will get many comprehensive works, which you can learn at home, make a gift or sell, you will increase your ability, patience, but also the level of discipline. In this article you will be able to discover more details on the engraving techniques, which can help you better understand this activity.

High print incision techniques

Being the oldest engraving technique, which consists of linoleum’s toothpick – in the case of linograms or a wooden blog – as for the woodcut, this type of incision is very special, which has a rather simple mechanism. When the image was made by Hollow, everything you need to do is apply a layer of uniform and thin ink with a special roll, then print it on paper. Below you have some details on the specific process of the Lindographics, but also on the woodcut, therefore, laws for more useful information.

Linocarn

Therefore, the linogram consists in the reproduction and multiplication of a design made on a linoleum plate, with the help of a chisel, being covered with a typographic ink and passed through the incision press. These ink colors can be based on linseed oil, which have a slower or winer or more water, with faster drying and easier cleaning. It is applied uniformly, in the form of a fine layer with the help of a rubber roller.

Wooden cut

On the other hand, the woodcut involves the engraving of drawings on a straight wood surface, being a printing technique in which the wood is used exactly as a stamp. And here the toothpaste is covered with the help of a rubber roller applying a layer of ink, the next step is to print the design on paper. If you want a job that maintains the most accurate printed details, then call the wood, because it resists more pressure than the linoleum. Therefore, you can get various wooden decorations, which you can enter your home, without problems.

Also known as carving, which means «engraving» in Italian, the deep model consists in the engraving of an image on a metal plate, such as aluminum, copper or zinc, so that the ink is maintained in it, to obtain the negative on the paper of that image. This is done mechanically, with the engraving or chemical chisels, through acid solutions, depending on the desired result.

Incision techniques for deep printing

Also known as carving, which means «engraving» in Italian, the deep model consists in the engraving of an image on a metal plate, such as aluminum, copper or zinc, so that the ink is maintained in it, to obtain the negative on the paper of that image. This is done mechanically, with the engraving or chemical chisels, through acid solutions, depending on the desired result.

Traditional incision

This type of incision appeared in the Middle Ages, being the most common and carving technique. A very well -known technique of traditional incision is that of the dry point, in which the image is made up of scratches made with an engraving needle on a metal plate, in particular copper.

Carving

On the other hand, in the case of incision with acids, you have more spontaneity. The technique in this situation is to cover a metal plate with a thin layer of asphalt, which resists acid, called the incision primer, after which, with the help of a engraving needle, the image will be made on that surface. In the end, the plate will be inserted in an acid bathroom that «bite» the current lines, obtaining darker and deeper lines. Here, you can use one of the two well -known techniques, namely Aquity or half -racket.

Aquatue technique

With the help of this technique you can produce tonal effects, rather than lines, using acid, because it imitates design in cough, being used to play clouds.

Half -time technique

Being a monochromatic process that is part of the Ileglio family, the half-late days represented the first printing process from which they were semi-thones, without the need to use the technical ones based on points or lines, such as the line or the hatch.

Classification techniques for plan printing

Subsequently, the next engraving model is the plane, being known for the technique called «lithography».

Lithography

Being a versatile printing environment with which it is possible to obtain various effects, from acute lines, such as those of the pencil, to subtle washes, as in the case of the acquerello, lithography is a engraving procedure through which it is possible to make a drawing on the surface of a stone, generally limestone, which is reproduced after printing on paper.

Materials necessary for incision

For the engraving, you will need, first of all, the incision card, which differs from the usual one for drawing or painting. Of course, you can use the classic card, but the results will not be so good. Subsequently, the incision tools, such as chisels, burin, roulette, rubber roller or even scraper are essential. The special colors for the incision also play an important role in the final result obtained, so it takes into account the technique you want to call, to choose these colors correctly. For example, in the case of a high printing technique, you will have a choice between oil -based colors or water -based colors.

Types of incision surfaces

As a short summary, the surfaces you have to choose for the incision are Linoleum – in the case of linograms, wood – for woodcut, aluminum, zinc or copper plates for traditional and, last but not less important, stone engraving – for lithography. Depending on the result you want to make you choose accordingly and enjoy the entire process!

In conclusion, the art of engraving is special, that it is worth trying, at least once, if you want to leave your mark on the objects around you, giving them a personal note. While you live, you will be able to see how things will become easier and you will get the most beautiful works.

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