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San Teodoro

The viscosity of the ink has to be just right when applied to the plate or it will not print correctly when the impression is transferred to the paper.  All pigments are different, thus all inks will be different.  All plates take ink differently and the ink must be adjusted to conform to the plate's sensitivity so as to convey the impression to the paper.

Below, the dark red ink for the etching, San Teodoro, is shown being mixed with any of several different elements (oil, or dryer, or extender, etc.), to be worked  to the printer's satisfaction before  being applied to the plate.
 

This is the color scale for San Teodoro with two uninked plates:   the light red plate and the dark red plate.
 

Shown below are the black plate and the brown plate already inked.
 

Michael finishes wiping the yellow plate with Q-Tips.
 

Jud scrapes the ink onto the light red plate with a stiff card, forcing the ink into all the minute  crevices of the etched plate.
 

San Teodoro continues click here.