Acetate Sheet 0.5mm 61x100cm Heavyweight

This heavyweight acetate is excellent for dry point etching and monoprinting as it makes a thick, strong printing plate that can be reused many times. 0.5mm thick.

Key Features:  

• 1 metre roll 
• Heavyweight 0.5mm thick 61cm wide x 100cm 
• A clear general-purpose cellulose film made from cotton linters and wood pulp, usually biodegradable and can be recycled. 
• Excellent for dry point etching and monoprinting as it makes a thick, strong printing plate that can be reused many times.   
• Great for construction works,  papercraft, making your own stencils and masks, and for creating shaker cards. 
• Easy to cut with scissors or a blade. 
• Can be drawn on with alcohol-based permanent markers 
• Adhere with tape or Supertac glue 
• Use scraps as paint spatulas 

What is Acetate?

A clear general-purpose cellulose film made from cotton linters and wood pulp, usually biodegradable and can be recycled.

Properties of Acetate

• 0.2 – 0.5mm thick
• Tears easily and is suitable for stencils
• Great for construction works as you can cut and adhere with tape or Supertac glue
• Use scraps as paint spatulas, can be drawn on with alcohol-based permanent markers or used to make Shaker cards

Printmaking Techniques

Drypoint Etching Plate: Squeeze the mixture over your surface, do not go to the absolute edge and leave gaps for other colours. This is a fluid process and as you add more paint it will move to the edge of the surface. Despite being level, some paint will always flow off the edge.

Monoprinting: Squeeze the mixture over your surface, do not go to the absolute edge and leave gaps for other colours. This is a fluid process and as you add more paint it will move to the edge of the surface. Despite being level, some paint will always flow off the edge.