Amazon.com: Practical Guide to Etching and Other Intaglio Printmaking Techniques: Manly Banister: Books

Product Description

Detailed illustrated instruction in etching, engraving, aquatint, drypoint, mezzotint — from preparing plate to mounting print. 1,209 illustrations.

Product Details

Paperback: 128 pages
Publisher: Dover Publications (October 1, 1986)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0486251659
ISBN-13: 978-0486251653
Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.2 x 0.4 inches
Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)

Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

Amazon.com Sales Rank: #255,381 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?

Look Inside This Book

Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover

What Do Customers Ultimately Buy After Viewing This Item?

	50% buy the item featured on this page: Practical Guide to Etching and Other Intaglio Printmaking Techniques 4.5 out of 5 stars (4) $11.01
	23% buy Etching, Engraving and Other Intaglio Printmaking Techniques 4.4 out of 5 stars (5) $14.21
	10% buy Complete Printmaker 4.9 out of 5 stars (11) $41.11
	8% buy Magical Secrets about Line Etching & Engraving: The Step-by-Step Art of Incised Lines, with an Appendix on Printing by Kathan Brown 5.0 out of 5 stars (3) $32.76

Explore similar items

Tags Customers Associate with This Product

(What's this?)

Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.

etching(1)

printmaking(1)

Help others find this product — tag it for Amazon search

No one has tagged this product for Amazon search yet. Why not be the first to suggest a search for which it should appear?

Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store

If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store. Learn more

Customer Reviews

4 Reviews

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(0)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

Average Customer Review

4.5 out of 5 stars (4 customer reviews)

Share your thoughts with other customers:

Create your own review

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A good reference, May 21, 2000

By A Customer

A very good reference ,for beginners as for already experienced etchers.It has a very detailed explanation of each step,with very useful practical indications,b/w pictures and a short appendix of famous etchings. I really recommend it.

Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding descriptions of many techniques, October 2, 2005

By	wiredweird "wiredweird" (Earth, or somewhere nearby) - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER)

This is a brief book, just 100 pages or so, and heavily illustrated. As a result, I'm puzzled about how this author managed to cram so much great informtation into it. It covers the basics of etching, engraving, soft-ground, sugar-lift, aquatint, mezzotint, drypoint, and a few other techniques, along with preparing the intaglio plate, trial proofs of various kinds, and seemingly endless tips for the artist working in a small, self-equipped studio.

Banister puts strong emphasis on home-made equipment. The most exotic tool he describes is a glass muller for mixing ink. Even then he notes how to put it together, using the kind of glass blank used for telescope mirrors. The book has a few formulas for etchants and grounds, but fewer than other books - the real strength here is in discussion of tools and technique, down to very practical details. Photos showing tools and techniques are quite helpful, but Banister complements them with written detail of fine points that would be hard to capture photographically.

This is a great resource for an admirer of prints (like me), who wants to know more about how prints and the marks in them are made. I imagine that it would be very helpful for beginning printers, too, especially those without access to a big studio or expert guidance.

//wiredweird

Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great for beginners-intermediate printmakers, December 13, 2001

By A Customer

I love this book. I am an intermediate level printmaking student and it has helped me so much. I have a lot more confidence with etching my plates, and I know how to get what I want out of them. It helps with techniques from learning to time your acid baths, preparing, tool orientation, etc. It has been a great help in the lab.

Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)

Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review

› See all 4 customer reviews...

Most Recent Customer Reviews

3.0 out of 5 stars Good book, but I think it needs updating
Basically the writing is crappy, the pictures are bad and the techniques described in this book are old and written from the 1960's. Read more

Published on January 1, 2007 by aberham linkin

› See all 4 customer reviews...

.jsOffDisplayBlock { display: block; } .jsOffDisplayInline { display: inline; } .jsOffVisibility { visibility: visible; } .jsOnDisplayBlock { display: none; } .jsOnDisplayNoneBlock { display: block; } .jsOnDisplayNoneInline { display: inline; } .jsOnDisplayInline { display: none; } .jsOnVisibility { visibility: hidden; } .jsOnDisplayBlock { display: none; } .jsOnDisplayInline { display: none; } .jsOnVisibility { visibility: hidden; }

Customer Discussions

Beta (What's this?)

New! See all customer communities, and bookmark your communities to keep track of them.

This product's forum (0 discussions)

	Discussion	Replies	Latest Post
	No discussions yet

Ask questions, Share opinions, Gain insight

Start a new discussion

Topic:

First post:

Receive e-mail when new posts are made

Prompts for sign-in

[Cancel]

Guidelines

Active discussions in related forums

Discussion	Replies	Latest Post
crafts I need ideas for unique pop-up christmas cards	0	49 minutes ago
crafts Do you have a crafty website? Please share!	45	3 hours ago
crafts Image: These are some kind of dried cactus branches. They look really interesting. They are hollow in the center. I haven't...	9	20 hours ago
textbook Textbooks for Kindle DX?	34	1 day ago
art Good art blogs/sites	10	11 days ago
art Can Artistic Freedom be salvaged?	44	11 days ago
textbook Does anyone use Discovering Geometry: An Investigative Approach?	3	13 days ago