From the end of May to the beginning of June, I enjoyed working at Northern Print in Newcastle upon Tyne. The studio, with a full suite of printmaking facilities awards a residency prize at each Biennale. I was fulfilling 2014’s prize and was lucky to overlap with 2016’s awardee Lisa Andrén. Above, testing three copper plates at 100% black for the newest edition. Below, the ferric chloride corner:
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Powdered pigment for ink mixing:
![HECK_NorthernPrintPigments](https://i0.wp.com/ellenheck.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/HECK_NorthernPrintPigments.jpg?resize=550%2C148&ssl=1)
Aquatinted plates, clean and ready:
![HECK_NorthernPrintPlatePrep](https://i0.wp.com/ellenheck.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/HECK_NorthernPrintPlatePrep.jpg?resize=550%2C219&ssl=1)
A caged proof:
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Finding the time:
![HECK_NorthernPrintFile](https://i0.wp.com/ellenheck.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/HECK_NorthernPrintFile-1.jpg?resize=550%2C580&ssl=1)