Fine Art Prints

Niamh works primarily in the medium of etching, making each print from copper plates. The plates are made by drawing through a wax ground onto a copper plate which is the etched in a bath of acid. The plates are worked on through several stages of mark-making in the acid, taking proofs, or trial prints at each stage. When the plates are ready, she mixes colours and then each plate is inked and printed by hand to create an edition of prints.

Copper plate with etched line, inked up for printing

Copper plate with tonal etched areas, inked up for printing.

Niamh at the printing press in her studio with finished print - Winter at the lake