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' GET YOUR HANDS DIRTY '

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Cardboard Etching Demonstration Videos

Part 1: getting ready to etch - cutting the plate
Christina walks you through what you need to undertake cardboard etching and shows you how to cut the surface ready to be printed.
(approx. 7 minutes)
Part 2: Shellacking your plate
This essential step is quite easy if you know how. Christina coats her plate with shellac, a traditional furniture varnish made from tree sap.
(approx. 6 minutes)

Part 3: Getting ready to print
Being organised and well prepared means things will run smoothly and enable you to create successful prints.
Watch as Christina sets up her workspace ready to go.

(approx. 5 ½ minutes)
Part 4: Printing
Watch Christina ink up the plate and position her paper on the etching press, resulting in a successful print from her tetra pack printing plate.
(approx. 11 minutes)

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