COURSE
HAUSPRINT Etching Year Taster
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What will I be doing?
Join tutors Rob White and Michelle Avison to try out drypoint printing, find out more about our HAUSPRINT Etching Year and look at the exhibition by this years’ students. There will be an opportunity to talk to some of the students and ask any questions you have. Please book.
About your tutor
Rob White is an artist printmaker who has over twenty years of experience working in the biggest print studios in London, firstly working at Thumbprint Editions on projects for Antony Gormley, Anish Kapoor, Damien Hirst, Marc Quinn, Richard Deacon and many others.
Rob wanted to add to his skill set and moved to Paupers Press where he’s worked on projects for Grayson Perry, Tracey Emin, The Chapman Brothers, Peter Blake and others. Alongside this Rob has had a working relationship with Tom Hammick working on many print projects over the last twenty years. Rob works mainly in etching using many different techniques including sugar lift, spit bite, chine collé working with multiple plates and colours.
What should I bring?
No need to bring anything- everything will be provided.
Getting to HAUSPRINT
Etching Year 2 (Intermediate & Advanced)| 40 weeks | Monday evenings | September 2025
The year will focus on consolidating your etching knowledge, on developing ideas, and on ways to bring ideas and technique together. There will be group discussion, group crit and one-to-one tutorial opportunities which will focus on how to develop your work.
Etching
Etching was originally invented as a method for adding decoration to armour during the Middle Ages. Artists began to use metal plates for printing in the 15th century, when Albrecht Durer made work on iron plates. Later artists such as Andrea Mantegna in Italy and Rembrandt in Holland went on to make etchings on copper.
Hard ground
A traditional technique in etching. After degreasing the surface of the plate, hard ground is rolled over the surface.
Zinc+Acid+Ink
End of year exhibition celebrating the end of our HAUSPRINT Etching Year 2024.
Etching with Copper | 4 Tuesday evenings | June and July 2025
Join our four week course to learn the basics of etching on copper, using hard ground, soft ground and aquatint.
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Etching: Soft Ground | 4 Tuesday evenings | Oct & Nov 2025
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Etching: Aquatint | 4 Tuesday evenings | Nov & Dec 2025
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