Illustrated Poems andMaterials
William Blake
Step by step “Engraving”
practice of incising a design on to a flat surface
cutting grooves into it a decorated object in itself an intaglio printing plate of a metal for printing images on paper as prints
or illustrations these images are also
called engravings.
What Materials are used?
acid plates İnk Paper Copper Gravers Mezzotint Burnisher
Some special materials
Gravers or Burins Their size and
shape change according to different line types
Small cutting points
Burnisher for certain stone
setting techniques
Mezzotint for texturing effects
For palette
They include linseed oil in many colours
poppy oil in some and a mixture of these possibly walnut oil in others These oil types are typical of artists' oil
paint both hand-ground in the late 18th
The Tiger – the song of experience
Themes; God’s power in creation
Seventeen plates for The Tyger
The Lamb – The song of innocence
Themes; symbol of suffering innocence and Jesus Christ
Blake etched the Songs of Innocence in relief
thirty-one plates for The Lamb
There is no natural religion
twenty small plates Was etched in relief
The good and evil angel
The Shepherd
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