Madam Barks Alot

This is a dry point etching done on a sheet of plexiglass. We have a labradoodle named "Lily", but we live out in the woods, and there is always animals out in the woods, deer, an occsasional fox, sometimes a bear. Lily braks a lot, so I call her Madam Barks Alot. Lily hurt her paw and had to wear a cone. One day the cone slipped down and it looked like a old fashsion megaphone. So the print is title Madam Barks Alot.

In a dry point etch, a very pointy and sharp needle is used to scratch into the material, this may be a copper plate, plexiglass, lexon or any other smooth material that will allow a line to be incised. When incising a line into the material, a small burr or rough edge is left along the edge of the line. To make the print, the entire plate is inked, then the excessed ink is wipe away, leaving ink in the incised lines, and that captured in the burr. It is the ink captured in the burr that give the image the deeper tonal qualities. Unfortunately, the number of prints that can be made is limited. With each inking and wiping, some of the burr is removed. So from time to time, the plate needs to be re-scratched, but this obviously cannot be done indefinitely.