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Walter Alfred Cox
Walter Alfred Cox (London 10 August 1862 – 10 November 1931 London) was a British printmaker and painter. He mostly worked in etching and mezzotint. Life Born at St Pancras, Middlesex, Cox was the fourth son of Thomas Henry Whitmore Cox, an art printer, and his first job after leaving school was as a clerk to a silk merchant in the City of London. In 1879 he was apprenticed to the Danish engraver Joel John Ballin da">:da:Joel_Ballin.html" ;"title="small>:da:Joel Ballin">daand worked for him in London for three years, while also attending evening classes at the West London School of Art. At the St Pancras Industrial Exhibition of 1880, he entered a crayon drawing and won a silver medal. In 1882, Ballin moved to Copenhagen, to take up appointment as Engraver-Royal to the King of Denmark, and Cox began to earn his living as an etcher working on his own. In the 1890s, he attended photogravure classes at the Regent Street Polytechnic and got a job with Graves and Fores. Cox g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Etching
Etching is traditionally the process of using strong acid or mordant to cut into the unprotected parts of a metal surface to create a design in intaglio (incised) in the metal. In modern manufacturing, other chemicals may be used on other types of material. As a method of printmaking, it is, along with engraving, the most important technique for old master prints, and remains in wide use today. In a number of modern variants such as microfabrication etching and photochemical milling it is a crucial technique in much modern technology, including circuit boards. In traditional pure etching, a metal plate (usually of copper, zinc or steel) is covered with a waxy ground which is resistant to acid. The artist then scratches off the ground with a pointed etching needle where the artist wants a line to appear in the finished piece, exposing the bare metal. The échoppe, a tool with a slanted oval section, is also used for "swelling" lines. The plate is then dipped in a bath of aci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
