PHOTO-ETCHED ALBUMS AND JOURNALS:
These albums and journals are adorned with photo-etched metal plates that are attached with handmade rivets. Some also have metal plates with additional metal sweat-soldered on with select words or initials.

Starting with a piece of copper (this can also be done with brass and silver), a high contrast picture, design, or phrase, is transferred by heat from an photo-copied onto acetate or thin clear plastic film to the metal. The metal, image side immersed, is then placed in an acid bath which eats away some of the metal that is not covered by the image. The photo-etched plate is then cleaned and may be treated with one of many patina techniques and/or have certain parts cut out from the pattern. Finally, the plate is riveted onto the book cover. The rivets, part of which are on the inside cover, are generally metal shapes complementing the cover plate. This process can also be applied to jewelry, bookmarks, and other metal sculpture. Albums and journals can also be made to order.

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