{"product_id":"drypoint-etching-cardboard-pack-of-30-no-acid-no-special-tools-needed","title":"Drypoint Etching Cardboard Pack of 30 No Acid No Special Tools Needed","description":"\u003ch2\u003eReal etching, with no acid anywhere near the room\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePack of 30 cardboard drypoint etching plates. No acid, no special tools. $16.60.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTraditional etching is not a school activity.\u003c\/strong\u003e It uses acid baths, metal plates and ventilation most art rooms do not have. Which means most students never touch etching at all, and go through school without meeting one of the great printmaking processes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThese plates are how you get around that.\u003c\/strong\u003e Scratch a line into the card, ink it, wipe the surface, print. Same drypoint principle - the ink sits in the incised line - with a nail, a skewer or an old pen instead of a burin, and no chemistry at all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCheaper means students can fail.\u003c\/strong\u003e Etching rewards the second and third attempt. At this price, a class can make three plates each and still be under budget.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt is a genuine intaglio process\u003c\/strong\u003e, not a substitute activity - the resulting print behaves like a drypoint because it is one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWhat we do not know, and one thing that looks wrong\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNo plate size is published at all\u003c\/strong\u003e, which on a printmaking plate is the specification that matters most - it has to fit your press bed and your paper. \u003cstrong\u003eWe have asked.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOur price list says a pack of 30. The supplier's own image files say a pack of 50.\u003c\/strong\u003e That is a 40% difference in what you get for your money, so \u003cstrong\u003ewe have asked them which is right\u003c\/strong\u003e and we have listed the smaller number. If it arrives as 50, you are ahead. Ask us before you order if the count matters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNo barcode on our price list\u003c\/strong\u003e either, and we will not invent one.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Zart","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53793422377323,"sku":"EVLTZ303","price":16.6,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0963\/2795\/8891\/files\/the-creative-school-supply-company-printing-plates-and-screens-default-title-drypoint-etching-cardboard-pack-of-50-ltz303-49901620691220.jpg?v=1788371455","url":"https:\/\/megaofficesupplies.com.au\/products\/drypoint-etching-cardboard-pack-of-30-no-acid-no-special-tools-needed","provider":"Mega Office Supplies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}