COURSE
£265.00
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Join our five week course to learn the etching basics including hard ground, soft ground and aquatint.
You will find out how to make your plates from scratch, ways of using the different techniques, how to etch the plate, understanding timings and how to ink and print. You can work on the same plate with the different techniques or on more than one plate, fusing the techniques together or separately, to understand the versatility of etching.
Week 1
Learn how to polish and degrease the etching plate, then apply hard ground, draw etch and print your first proof.
Week 2
Degrease the plate again and apply soft ground. You will be able to draw into the ground to achieve a pencil-like mark or press textured materials into the surface.
Week 3 & 4
You will learn how to prepare the plate to apply aquatint, then etch the plate to different tones. You will then re-print the plate.
Week 5
Add any more marks to the plate and print a small edition.
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.
Please bring your sketchbook/ notebook, pencils etc. an apron, a pair of rubber gloves for cleaning, and any etching tools that you have.
Etching is particularly versatile- there are as many ways to use it as you can think of! Bring an image or images to work from with tone, line, texture.
Our south London printmaking studio in Stockwell has a small kitchen with a microwave and fridge, plates, cutlery and mugs. Tea and coffee will be provided.
This Monday evening class is a unique opportunity to build your etching skills over the course of a year. The HAUSPRINT Etching Year is designed to provide stable building blocks for your printmaking future, whatever your starting point. Over 40 weeks you’ll be guided through a specialist programme delivered over three terms which teaches the principles of 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.
A traditional technique in etching. After degreasing the surface of the plate, hard ground is rolled over the surface.
Soft ground was invented in the latter half of the eighteenth century as a means of reproducing the grainy qualities of chalk work. It was first used in England by Gainsborough and artists of the Norwich School.
We may take photographs or video in the studio whilst you are there, for our website, social media and other studio marketing. We will always make you aware of this activity. Let us know if you don’t wish you or your work to be photographed and/or identified.
Learn how to mix white ground, ways of using the permeable ground, and how to etch and print your plates for great results. The class is suitable for you if you have done some etching before.
Explore carborundum plate making and printing techniques over 4 consecutive days. Working on acrylic plates you will learn how to use carborundum grit and painting mediums to achieve painterly, textural marks, resulting in rich, vibrant prints.
Experiment with different aquatint techniques including sugar lift, monoprint resist and spit bite to achieve a range of painterly tones in etching.
