Etching Stuff.

I been doing some brass etching lately, and of course, one of my favorite subjects is my darling wife Anne.

I use a method called the Edinburgh Etch.

And the a material called Press and Peel which I bought from a UK based bay site.

I take the photo and then I manipulate it in Photoshop to get an image like this.

Then I multiply the image prior to some more editing.

I work the image some more, removing spots and stuff.

Then I flip the image .

Then I reverse the image, making the white black and the black lines white.

Then I print it on the Press and peel sheet with a laser printer.

After the etching, I fill the etch with black paint and sand it down and then this image presents itself, in a brass piece about 75mm x 75mm in size.

This is the brass plate lying on a piece of green paper.

Cute or what?

Here is the sequence of a dog.

Mounted in a picture frame. Aluminium frame, copper background and brass picture.

He was just a cute dog that came into the shop with a customer.

I simply love Spaniels.