#etching

[rosieandthemoon]

From 1849

[charnel-grounds]

Georg Erler (1871–1950), “Death and the Maiden”

etchings, c. early 20th century — source

[failedmyturingtest]

(mostly) finished my first copperplate etching!

This is @caemidraws incredible Marsilio (in a pretty old outfit and unfortunately flipped because I failed to account for printing, oops), sitting in a bookplate design by Alice Cao

I hadn’t been expecting just how thin these etched lines would end up being and would definitely have scaled the entire thing down if I had known. But! this means that I get to experiment with aquatint to hopefully add some more depth (see preparation below).

I'd say for a first attempt at etching it could have been worse :)

[artofmaquenda]

Feral Hearts

Two odd beings find tenderness, or a quiet kind of love that doesn’t need naming. What they find together may be love, or safety, or simply the relief of being seen. The world around them mirrors this truth: bones feed roots, insects thrive, and so-called unwanted beings persist. Nature does not reject them, and neither do they reject each other. There is no mistake here, only belonging. Everything exists exactly as it should. Prints: https://artofmaquenda.etsy.com/listing/4427468901/feral-hearts-print-wolves-nature

[diana-andraste]

La pieuvre (The Octopus), Valère Bernard, 1898

[sictransitgloriamvndi]

Melancholy (1885/Etching) - Edmund Joseph Sullivan

[jamesusilljournal]

The Moon Thief, Norman Lindsay, 1925