An intensive 2-day etching course, that will introduce you to some of the fundamental elements of the process and equip you with the necessary skills to begin exploring the technique within your own practice.

2024

2 Day Weekend Courses:
→ Sat 22 - Sun 23 June 2024
→ Sat 26 - Sun 27 Oct 2024

Level: Beginner / Refresher

Tutor: Laura Bianchi

Times: Beginner: 10AM - 4PM

What to Bring: Bring lunch, a notebook and any source material you’d like to work from. Wear old clothes as you may get inky

What’s included: All materials are provided

Where: Art Hub Studios, Unit 2b, Building 28, Westminster Industrial Estate, Woolwich, SE18 5TF

Etching is a traditional printmaking process in which a line or mark is bitten into the surface of a metal plate using a mordant (acid). The technique dates back to the sixteenth century and since then has been widely developed to express a range of both gestural and controlled marks.

This 2-day etching workshop will introduce you to some of the fundamental elements of the process and equip you with the necessary skills to begin exploring the technique within your own practice.

Day one will focus on hard and soft grounds, experimenting with creating either fine, definitive lines or soft, textural marks. Day 2 covers adding varying tones through aquatints.

The studio is a low toxicity environment. Suitable for beginners and those with some experience who may need a refresher.

The course will cover:

→ Plate preparation; filing edges, degreasing, polishing, applying ground

→ Soft and hard ground etching (line and/or textural marks)

→ Tone etching with aquatint

→ Paper preparation and registration for printing

→ Safe use of oil based inks

→ Safe use of an etching press

→ Finishing your prints and signing an edition

About Laura Bianchi: Laura is a visual artist and illustrator whose practice is predominantly based on drawing. She holds a BA in sculpture from the Accademia di Brera, Milan, Italy and an MA in printmaking from Camberwell College of Arts, London. Laura has extensive experience as a workshop facilitator for children and young people. Between 2017 and 2018 she taught stone lithography at Slaughterhaus print studio, after being awarded a one-year membership at their studio. Laura's first encounter with etching goes back to 2007; she has been experimenting with the technique since then.

Cancellations and Refunds: If you cancel 7 days or more before the course begins, we will provide a full refund minus a £10 admin fee. If you cancel less than 7 days before the start date of the course no refund will be given.

All our courses run on a minimum number of participants. If we do not reach the minimum number of participants for the course we unfortunately have to cancel. We will notify you 7 days before the start date and you will receive a full refund or we can transfer over to another date.

Participants must be over the age of 18.

Art Hub Studio members get 10% discount