Chick Chick Chick

Artist: Tama Blough
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Chick Chick Chick

Salt etching hand-colored on the plate

Also available from Zazzle.com as an apron, a mug, and a tote bag

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Alexandra Felgate

Fantastic, what a wonderful effect! I’ve not tried salt etching, what is the process?
Tama Blough replied

Thanks! As I recall, you coat the plate with hard ground, let harden, then add a pile of salt – do your picture in the salt with brushes and then gently heat the plate so the salt kind of melts into the ground but doesn’t actually melt. Then you let it cool and rinse off the salt – rubbing gently so as not to disturb the ground. Put the plate in the acid. The hardest part is getting the salt to cooperate, and you have to do the work on the cold hotplate so it doesn’t have to be moved. There is an artist named Bruce Botts (he is googleable) who was my hero of the salt lift.

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Alexandra Felgate

Thanks for the info Tama, I really appreciate it! (When I can finally get my print studio up and running, I’m going to give this technique a go!)
Tama Blough replied

No problem – you may want to look it up, though – I may have been talking out of my butt! It’s been a while…
Alexandra Felgate

LOL….no problem, and thanks!! (Its a bit like when someone asked how I do my blueprints, I remember vaguely, but it has been a while!)
maria paterson

wonderful, love the textured effect, the design is clever too.
Tama Blough replied

Thank you for taking a look!
Janis Zroback

I love the effects of this technique…really well done…
Tama Blough replied

Thank you!
Bruce Dickson

Great effect and result
Tama Blough replied

Thanks – and thanks for coming by!
Paul Ramnora

Beautiful work; fascinating explanation; I never heard of salt-etching before; I will google for Bruce Botts, later on. Thanks for the info. ;-)
Tama Blough replied

His work is a lot of fun – hope you enjoy it.
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Congratulations on coming in the top ten of the Printmakers And Printmaking challenge

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Tama Blough replied

Wow! thanks!
Norval Arbogast 7 days ago

Wonderful-—-just bookmarked ‘Bruce Botts’. thanks :-)
Norval Arbogast 7 days ago

I just noticed your groups-—-Try ‘Fantastic Primitive Art’ your stuff is really good.
Tama Blough replied 6 days ago

I will look into it – thanks!