Etching plates freshly etched in acid by Bronzen Temple

Entitled "Cells"

The copper plate has been hand drawn with a etching needle by the artist,then left in a ferric chloride acid bath for different increments of time to achieve the textures and tones present.

Entitled "Maple Leaves"

As with the previous image the same process was performed.

The reason for both the images having a dark and charred colour is because the substance used to resist the acid from biting the surface which will not be printed{hard ground}is left on the copper for the photos.

This hard ground is eventually wiped off leaving only the bitten troughs in the copper for which the ink sits inside prior to printing on our garments.

Bronzen Temple pioneers a new direction in printing on fabrics.

The copper plate can achieve a much finer and detailed image not possible with screen printing,especially the underlying plate tones and textures which is intrinsic of using etching plates to print from.