Aluminium Can Intaglio Printing Instructions This is a rough guide to how I did it today. The method is always being refined by the hive mind. Take this guide on face value. Feel free to change it, experiment, and challenge it to make it better! You will need : An empty aluminium drinks can. Something to cut it open with so you can flatten it to a sheet. Wire wool to clean off the plastic lining on the inside of the can. Alcohol or similar (maybe acetone based nail polish remover?). Tissues/pape

🎥 ASK THE PRINTMAKER Meet Me at My #GunningEtchingPress - What you WANT TO KNOW about setting pressure on your #etchingpress for #intaglio and #relief. Built in Ironbridge and loved by artists all over the world 🌍 — since 1980! Every Gunning Etching Press is hand-built for precision, strength, and that smooth operation printmakers can’t get enough of. 🎥 In today’s reel, I’m showing how quick and easy it is to switch from intaglio to lino printing — just a few simple pressure adjustments and y