All the fine art prints by the artist Stephen Vaughan are made  using a variety of traditional printing techniques. The execution of an image, from plate preparation to printing of the editions, can take several weeks.

Patience and dexterity are fundamentaly central to the act of printmaking, with the history of printmaking styles and rules playing a strong role in how the artist is influenced in the creation of a composition. It is important therefore that the atist/printmaker is fluent in the printmaking techniques, knowing what is appropriate for the image they whish to create; always ready to introduce something new so that they can make the medium their own.

I like to refer to this act of creation (of an image on a metal printing plate) as building. With the use of materials such as carborundium and adhesives it is an additive process. Some would say that it is sculptural and this is also appropriate when cosidering the corrosive action of acid when etching or the cutting actions of an engraving tool: the reult is an item in three dimenions albeit one in low relief.