The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-08-05
The ElClIER'S ART.
THE TOOLS he WORKS WITH AND
THE EFFECTS HE PRODUCES.


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the Lines
lat ne give you in a connected story the
lrtor, II ah ttrLlng from the time the cop
p.r ILttr l. placed IN position for work until
4; laos tLc iGtfri> ii the printer In the
irt ilur. the ruW.r plate Is thoroughly
"a'hd With turi-ntint, Or, better, with bsn-
.h, Inr the former /, u lIttl,' to thin This
l. I" ~ irNt any grease. The plate Is then
heated, '"hlIlniltiy by t,urnins ulnter il heavy
etching paper, ~, II the hate is "A large one,
10y spr,t lanl. IL Il heated 10 such tenn
lrraturr that water Viii roll oil In nlobules
WL,n tn plate i suiil,ientiy heated u prela.
ration known aS 'et.hlny ground is applied
Thi> Is IA COMPOSITION which comes prepared
IN thu slEil. ot "a round hall about the sl1s Of
a black walnut, amt l. made of a,l'iialtunl,
hss"ax ami oil II lavender This compost
tlon i carefully tl,i up IN silk, ami through
,h> >ilk the etching ground oons On Ia the
plate, wh,r' it il lail WITH. Ia roller After the
gruund i applied ami has >uilchntly cuol,st,
II Is >lr,h"l. in orh'r to give the etcli.r u
black surface on which /, work The sinok.
iug Is done with a twisted wax taper, can
dh>, ~ III iipt any substance which will Iru-
du y tho desired effect When the plate Is
,oti the ground i perfectly hard ~ much
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the darkest ,ii,, t, fewer line, an, etched ami
are muk. further a,alt to enable them 10
stand Il lun.er bite l., the achl uf rulll,,.,
the arpi Iite, into the ru,l..r plat. only where,
tLr,t, hing paint h,, scratched through the
.t,hrs l,nnd to the original coplsr plate.
Ii th,,lt .un which TIN, artist /. at work is "A
small one. II /, placed in IA ,an AMI the nct, i,
than pIir,,l ON II. however. il is "A lnrp,.
one there j. pit urounl the edge Of the plat.
what /, known a, "A frame Of wall wax. IN
ul,,. ,orl,r,,f which /, pla,,.l "A .pout for ON.
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fine first uupli .at,on If the a,h i, weak
IL bate, ,l,au ami drlcntrly II L.nyp, In,
IL, lines tL. Iitnn,, lines und in p.u,r,l
IA, lllhtpr pa.t pt the p,rtur, After th,sr
line, ar, litttn tl., a,,I /, poured otYs ami In,
uruuud washed viii, ,,ntrr TL,u I'M, mart.
uLicl, the artist ,Lr. not wish 10 have longer
acted man, la tl,.. u,il nr,. coyrri with n
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ut iLr n,iJ j. s,r,u,,,.r in nr,i,r Ia nlt,in m.
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p,u,. ont ON. ul,,r nttrr another unt,l the
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r,,,hrl tine fnr,yrpund When TN. ,ntire
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