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… these infinite spaces …

I’ve just finished a fragment from Les Pensées by Blaise Pascal.

I wrote a first text using a script from the XVIth century (with some distorsions) and created a border for it with a second text, this time engraved on zinc.
to see the whole thing, follow the link.

Curves II

As said in my previous post, I’ll have to restart from the beginning as the varnish disappeared from some places.

Nevertheless a progress compared to the previous version.

Curves II – work in progress

A new try, a new failure : the varnish has vanished.

Anyway, just out of the acid bath it looks good.

curves

My latest work on zinc, don’t know what to do with it but I like it anyway 🙂

The only regret I have is that the corrosion of the metal resulted in dull spots in some places. I’ll prepare the surface more carefully next time.

Etched white vine

My latest engraving on zinc, this time with a brand new metal plate (not corroded).

The initial is 2cm high.

The result is not too bad but it needs more definition, the vine is much too simple and the varnish didn’t cover properly all the surface, not to mention that the lines are often quaking.

Nevertheless a good proof of concept.

first etched versals

Trying acid etching on old zinc plates.

Letters are 2cm high.

Bubbles

Ongoing acid etching on zinc