Sugar Lift Aquatint

Sugar lift aquatint allows you to paint directly on a plate and have that image occur in the final print. The drawing is done with sugar syrup. Then several technical steps are performed in order to lift the sugar from the plate and substitute an aquatint before biting.

Prints Made Using Sugar Lift Aquatint

Sandhill Country
Dorothy Napangardi, Sandhill Country, 2004
Color aquatint with sugar lift aquatint
Thoughts in the Sun
Per Kirkeby, Thoughts in the Sun, 1993
Color sugar lift aquatint with aquatint and drypoint; partly printed in relief
Treib_ Straps
Treib_ Straps

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