After a brief introduction to the indirect etching technique (acquaforte), the course will be divided into several stages: preparing the copper or zinc plate (degreasing, beveling, waxing, smoking) and the sketch, engraving the plate, acid etching, and finally inking and printing the image using a Bendini intaglio press.
Zinc or copper plate, sandpaper, whiting (calcium carbonate), cotton cloth, packing tape, scraper and burnisher, soft ground or hard ground varnish, heating plate, drypoint needle, newspaper, printing paper, etching ink, spatula, tarlatan cloth, intaglio printing press, felt blankets.