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  3rd block after overnight etch has been cleaned off with water. 3rd block before printing.   Here's the proof. Again, ...

  Here is the second block after an overnight etch. Something I forgot to mention earlier is how I remove the thick stopout from the ...

Here is the block after its overnight etch... ... and cleaned off. Notice how much of the stopout has been eaten away by the caustic ...

Now for the caustic soda etch. The solution is very corrosive so it is important to wear protective gloves and goggles when mixing and ap...

I have decided that it is high time that I demonstrated my etched lino technique, so here it is. My work often splits into two sections:...

90 x 71cm etched and cut lino. Second in my ruined abbey series...

Etched and cut lino. An experiment to see if I could use sticky labels to mask off areas from the caustic soda solution. Didn't really...