Etching or drypoint?(ART)(Alfred Hutty )

From: Antiques Roadshow Insider | Date: November 1, 2006 | Copyright information

Alfred Hutty and members of the Charleston Etchers Club preferred a type of etching known as drypoint.

In standard etching, the artist's canvas is a thin sheet of copper covered with an acid-resistant ground of wax and varnish. The artist draws through the ground with a needle. The plate is then submersed in acid that "bites into" or etches the copper plate. After the ground is removed with solvent, the plate is inked, wiped clean, and pressed against paper. In drypoint ...

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