Magic Black

I guess this is a "large" picture. The real prints are 6x14" so these are looking pretty small. Here is the work I've done on my latest assignment for my Intaglio class. It's a reductive print, or faux-mezzotint, which means that I etch a texture on the whole plate so it's all black (like the middle print), and then use a burnisher to lighten up the areas that I don't want to keep black. I did one step before putting the texture on, I etched some linework into the plate so I would have a guide while burnishing. It's pretty close to done, I just need to clean some areas up and I can do my edition.