#photo etch

[kodyx-art]

「mistakes can be erased and smashed, secretly, quietly, sink those expressions of love, deep down inside you, always 」 「 Synesthesia Ghost 」 - Etching, 6.5x8.5"

[simon-newman]

So what I’ve been doing lately?

Getting stuck it seems.

So here’s the deal - I’ve been working on the T-34 PE parts.

The green thing is the kit’s original towing hook made out of plastic.

The shiny parts are photo etch elements that replace it when put together.

Entomological pin is for scale. THIS SHIT IS TINY.

So. I am supposed to get is assembled like this:

But for the life of me I don’t get how parts 19-20 connect if the original looks like this:

Image source.

It seems like some kind of a clasp but I don’t recall seeing those anywhere.

[sharkchunks]

Given the scale and sharpness of some of these photo-etch parts, it’s proven easiest to hold them by sticking them into my finger. They’re too small to even hurt, but I just have no tweezers small enough to hold them properly when sticking them to the plastic.

[press-take]

[nataliedownes-blog]

Here is the process I am referring to whenever I tag anything with photo etch. A very useful video tutorial of the process featuring my tutor from university. All of the etchings I exhibited at the Aberystwyth University degree show were made with this process with the sandpaper technique used afterward. Enjoy!

Video is property of Andrew Baldwin.

[chardychardy]

This project is a comment on ‘Print Vs. Digital’ which presents and respects both sides of the argument. It brings to light the importance of digital and social media and its development over the last decade in a way that is understood as precious and valued.