Amashiti entsimbi agxininisiweyo angena kwinkqubo eneenkcukacha ukwenza iipateni ezizodwa kunye zobugcisa. Iqela lethu leworkshop enezakhono likhokela ngononophelo amaphepha kwizigaba ezininzi, kubandakanywa ukulungiswa komphezulu, unyango lokumelana ne-asidi, ukufakwa kwe-inki, ukufakwa, ukususwa kwe-inki kunye nokomisa. Le nkqubo ichanekileyo ikhokelela kuyilo oluntsonkothileyo nolubonakalayo oluphucula umtsalane wobuhle bayo nayiphi na imeko. Iperi yentsimbi egxunyekwe kakuhle kunye nolunye unyango olungaphezulu, inikezela ngokhetho loyilo olubhetyebhetye.
Inkqubo yokufaka i-etching isebenzisa iikhemikhali okanye impembelelo yomzimba ukukrola ukuthungwa okuntsonkothileyo kumphezulu wesinyithi, ukwenza iipateni ezintsonkothileyo ezongeza ixabiso eliphezulu lobuhle. La maphepha avuselela umoya wobunewunewu kunye nongaqondakaliyo, ewenza alungele zombini usetyenziso lwangaphakathi nangaphandle, kubandakanya iiphaneli, imihombiso, ukugquma, iifreyimu, kunye nokufakwa.