Etching and acrylic

These are just some of the parts that will be making up my final Junior Studio project. I etched into the copper by first drawing up my design on  regular white computer paper. I then had my design photocopied onto P & P paper, blue paper specifically used for etching onto flat metal. The copper must be sanded down to either 400 or 600 grit sandpaper and must be kept clean with alcohol. The P & P paper is then applied ink side down onto the metal and transferred by using a grittle set at the temp 275 degrees. You must be careful not to burn the P & P paper. Once applied peel off the paper and put the metal into a Feric Chloride bath, taping the metal so it is not fully submerged and the back and sides of the piece are protected. I let my copper piece sit in the bath for close to 4 hours to make sure i had a deep etch. Once done you put the metal piece in a deactivator using normal water and baking soda, then rinse the piece and put in the pickle to clean it up more. 
The acrylic is going to be used to puff out the eye patch design once it is cut out.