Hens, are the most underestimated of animals in the farm yard, they are clever, quite calculating and very able to decide what YOU are going to do!

a handprinted aquatint etching; this means that I have drawn the image, through a varnish, onto a copper plate, I then immerse the copper plate in acid, and the acid "bites" into the copper where I have removed the varnish. When the plate is done, and this takes a while, as most copper plates go in the acid several times, with me adding more detail and aquatint (gives dark tones) I ink the copper plate up for each print I make, you can only print once per inking. As etchings are real hands on printmaking, printmaker are allowed to call their prints original prints, and etchings are very collectible. A great way to start an art collection!

Aquatint is a technique where deep tones can be achieved on an etching, it involves rosin, that gets melted onto the copperplate with the help of a burner.
Find my printmaking movies on Youtube, just search under my name.

My little hen is printed in an edition of only 50 prints,
please be aware that I can't guarantee that you get the number on the photo......
Each print is numbered, titled and signed by me.

the etching is printed on a piece of warm white heavy printmaking paper, perfect for the image, 
the paper measures 9" x 13" (23 cm x 33 cm - A4) and fits in a standard frame
and the actual image measures 6" x 5" (11cm x 16 cm)

I'll mail your etching in a padded envelope, the print is placed on a piece of backing, wrapped in cellophane and comes with a nice "Original Print by Mariann Johansen-Ellis" sticker and a leaflet explaining what an etching is. If you are giving the etching away as a gift, let me know and I'll wrap it in a nice piece of paper for you!

Thank you for looking in my shop and very welcome back!
Mariann
PS: check out my other etsy shop: www.etsy.com/shop/linocutheaven.etsy.com for my linocuts