Ivote Progress

I've started working on my Ivote piece today.  I cut out the main section of the piece to look like South America.  I also coated it with asphaltum so I can etch the decaying part of the leaf tomorrow or Friday.  I also decided, after experimenting a couple times, that to get the impression for the veins in the leaf I will put my piece in the hydraulic die press with some wire in order to get what I want.  I took some pictures today while I was working in order to post my progress on here, but my phone is having problems uploading them to my laptop/sending them to my email so the photos will have to wait.