Printmaking: Sugarlift
Sugarlift enables a positive image to be made on the plate
and is an etching technique where you can etch any shape that has been painted on the plate with a sugar solution.
As with all other etching processes, the plate must first be degreased to remove all grease and dirt.
You then paint the design onto the plate with the sugarlift liquid using a paint brush.
Only paint the areas you want to expose to the acid.
This must be allowed to dry before it is completely covered with diluted stop out or a liquid hard ground.
(Drying might take several hours depending on how thick the application is.)
By immersing the plate in warm water, the sugar dissolves and lifts the varnished areas off the plate exposing the metal.
The coating around the paint marks are left on the plate and will remain white
while the lifted areas will be exposed to the acid and print the ink colour.
Applying Aquatint, a thin layer of powered resin particles, would help to create dark tones.
Next the plate has to be etched in the acid. (acid type depends on which metal plate you have used)
The plate is printed as a normal etching plate.
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