I make etchings on copper plates. These are created using an acid to bite into the plate where I want the lines or darker areas to be. Then I put sticky etching ink on the plate and wipe it. The ink sticks in the places where the acid bit the plate. I print the plate on a hand-operated etching press, which has heavy rollers to squeeze the ink onto the paper. I work at East London Printmakers, in Stepney, east London.
My etchings are for sale. Please contact me to find out what’s available. Mostly they are about A5 size. Many of them are printed to work as greetings cards. They also work as pictures. These are all hand-done prints as described above, not digital reproductions.
Two cranes
These two cranes are at Chatham Dockyard. They stand by the river, ready for work. They are old cranes. It’s a long time since they…
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Absinthe Table: chine collé prints
I made a new series of six prints of The Absinthe Table. I used black ink and green ink. The ink is Intaglio Printmaker etching…
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St Bartholomew the Less – etchings (2)
Here is an etching for the City Music Foundation. Here are photos of work in progress and some more prints: See this post for earlier…
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Strange Landscapes from Wood (2)
Here’s a print I made at East London Printmakers yesterday. It’s a continuation of the project “Strange Landscapes from Wood”, which I started in November…
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St Bartholomew the Less – etchings (1)
This morning I made an etching based on a sketch of St Bartholomew the Less. Here’s the original sketch, which was made from the top…
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Strange landscapes from wood (1)
On a recent walk in Hoxton, I picked up a piece of wood. Perhaps it was part of a crate. It had interesting grain. John…
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Towers East and Towers West – multiple prints
My idea was to produce multiple copies of “Towers East” and “Towers West”. These are aquatint plates I prepared a few months ago. This post describes…
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The Atlas Building – prints
This week I made prints of an etching of the Atlas Building. The etchings are based on a sketch I made. This post describes the…
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The Atlas Building – print
Today I worked on a print of the Atlas Building. This is based on a watercolour I did in March this year in a peregrination around…
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The Absinthe Table
This week I experimented with hard and soft ground. Here is “The Absinthe Table”, etching on copper plate. It’s based on a sketch I made…
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From Godfrey House
Here are etchings based on a drawing I did from outside Godfrey House, in the St Luke’s estate, Bath St, EC1V. This one is done…
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The Cheesegrater, etching
Yesterday I did an etching based on a sketch I made of the Cheesegrater and St Katharine Cree. This is a post-card sized etching on…
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Lady of Avenel etchings
Here is the Lady of Avenel in aquatint. Here is the hard ground, before the aquatint went on: To help with the aquatint, I made…
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Towers, Chine Collé
Last Thursday I made more prints for my “Towers” project. I improved a plate I made last September, “Skyline”, using a dry point tool, and…
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Towers East and Towers West
I continue to work on my “Towers Project”. The idea is to document the towers of Finsbury, Islington and Camden, or at least the ones…
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Chine Collé workshop
Here is a gallery of prints I made yesterday, experimenting with a technique called “Chine Collé” – thin paper glued. The idea is to introduce…
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Towers, East
Here is an etching of the view out of my study window. It is part of my “Towers Project”, to draw and research the towers…
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Towers of North London
I have a project to draw all the towers I can see from my window. These are the towers of Finsbury, Hackney and Camden in…
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The Charterhouse in aquatint
Here is an aquatint on copper plate, based on a drawing. I made it at ELP Studio in Stepney. It took all day! I made…
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Yesterday I experimented with aquatint at East London Printmakers. These are three very small plates, about 3 inches by 2 inches. Click to enlarge the…
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Platform 16, Paddington Station
Etching in Charbonnel Doux ink, on copper plate using aquatint. Printed at East London Printmakers. Thank you to Oscar for the advice on aquatint.
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Etching: End of the week
Soft and hard ground etching on copper plate, done at East London Printmakers. 6″x4″
read moreEtching: the City
An etching created and printed at East London Printmakers. Basis of a New Year card. Ink on Fabriano paper, just under 12 inches by 6…
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Experimental etch at East London Printmakers. The white line is made by a cotton thread laid on the plate.
read moreThree Etchings
Three etchings made today at a course at East London Printmakers. The ones of the men and the landscape are made with “soft ground”. The…
read moreHiker at Stourhead
This is an etching on a copper plate, based on a photograph I took at Stourhead.
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Jane Sketching 