These etchings of 'Whiteface from Lake Placid' (17/200) and 'Utowana Landing'(180/200) by Ryland Loos are printed in brown tone details on a cream colored background.  Signed and numbered by ADK member and artist Ryland Loos, these etchings reflect his unique perspective and superb skill.  These beautiful etchings are ready for framing!

Etching is a method of making prints from a metal plate, usually copper, into which the design has been incised by acid.  The copperplate is first coated with an acid-resistant substance, called the etching ground, through which the design is drawn with a sharp tool.  The ground is usually a compound of beeswax, bitumen, and resin. The plate is then exposed to nitric acid or dutch mordant, which eats away those areas of the plate unprotected by the ground, forming a pattern of recessed lines. These lines hold the ink, and when the plate is applied to moist paper, the design transfers to the paper, making a finished print.