Intaglio printmaking - the image is drawn by engraving/ cutting into a metal plate, leaving grooves in which ink will sit.

Mezzotint is a reverse process of intaglio, where the plate tone is prepared first. Starting with a blank plate (usually copper as it is soft) thousands of tiny indents are worked into the plate using a ‘rocker’, covering the surface. If this were inked, wiped and run through the press, the paper would be an area of dense ink tone. The image is carved/ scraped away from this state.

Drypoint is like drawing with a pin sharp needle. It does not have the same flexibility as a pencil, hence you get some very interesting and lovely lines.

Aneela Majid completed a Fine Art degree at Manchester Polytechnic in 1987 & post-grad at Royal Academy Schools in 1990.

The recent print collection (2017-2021) is mainly botanical , without being too detailed. The aim is to get colour, shape and drawing all sitting right, and specifically in the floral prints, retaining some feeling of the living, growing plant.