I then experimented with different mark making techniques using a pointed instaglio tool and a roller tool on a sheet of clear Perspex. I used different marks including stippling and cross hatching to show different ways of creating tone. I then printed this plate using etching inks to show the effect the marks I created had made.
I selected which mark making techniques worked best and used these to create my final etching plate.
By scaling my drawing down to a4 I was able to fit it under the etching plate, I then taped this in place to stop it from moving. I used the marks I had created on my previous plate to then etch the design I had drawn in my dip pen drawing. For this I used small lines to manipulate the subjects feathers as well as some cross hatching and stippling in other areas.
Once I had finished creating my etching plate I printed it using black caligo etching ink and a roller press. To do this I soaked watercolour paper in cool water and removed the excess water using blotting paper. The etching plate was then placed face down onto my paper and put through the press.
After I had created my drypoint print I then created a second piece, this I worked into with watercolour pants in the style of the chapman brothers.
The Chapman Brothers are a duo who consist of brothers Jake and Dinos Chapman. Based in England they create a multitude of different artworks in different mediums designed to shock middle class values, almost anti-art. 
This artwork goes against what is normally considered aesthetically pleasing. I was mostly inspired by their series of exquisite corpse etchings, a series of 20 plates created by the brothers, each bother would etch a section of the plate without the other brother seeing this would then finally be revealed when the etching was printed. 
A limited amount other prints were created and a select few were then worked into by the brothers using watercolour paints.
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