Etching Summer School
Location | Leicester Print Workshop |
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Date & Time | Tuesday 24th - Saturday 28th July 10.00am - 4.00pm. |
Tutor | Sue Baker Kenton |
This course is perfect for those with some prior etching experience. All levels welcome.
Working in a small group of 6 participants, develop your own ideas and images using traditional etching techniques.
You will be able to explore:
- Hard, Soft and Soap grounds
- Aquatint techniques (Sugar lift and Spit Bite)
- Draw with alternative resists
- Experiment combining etching plates with chine collé and monotype.
About the Tutor
Sue Baker Kenton is a visual artist whose work is rooted in observational drawing. Her images evolve over time in a considered and reflective way, echoed by the processes in which they are rendered: primarily etching and lithography.
Recent work includes Ghost[ed.] a collaborative stone lithography project
Sue is a member of the tutor team at LPW and is the specialist printmaking tutor for the UAL Foundation Diploma in Art and Design, City Lit. In September 2016 she began two years as etching fellow at the RA Schools.
Course structure
DAY 1:
- Introductions
- Course/ session outline.
- A presentation looking at how artists have used etching as part of their practice.
- Discussion with examples of techniques using examples and participants work.
- Demos and recap: How prepare your plate / Hard & Soft ground / Aquatint your plate / Soap grounds / Alternative techniques (marbling/spit bite/burnishing)
- Individual work supported by tutor 1:1’s – planning projects & plate preparation
DAY 2 & 3
- Individual work supported by tutor 1:1’s – technical demonstrations as needed.
- Participants will set their own pace during these days – lunch will be taken at 1.00pm
- Participants are free to rework and develop plates previously produced alongside developing new ones.
DAY 4
- Focus on using colour and multi plate prints
- Chine colle and monotype used with etching plates (These techniques are optional for those that wish)
- Individual work supported by tutor 1:1’s – technical demonstrations as needed.
- Participants will set their own pace during these days – lunch will be taken at 1.00pm
Participants are free to rework and develop plates previously produced alongside developing new ones.
DAY 5:
AM - Final prints are pulled
LUNCH
PM - Pack down, Boards are emptied, work displayed for an informal review and cake
Bookings
Online: You can book online here by credit / debit card or Paypal.
Telephone: You can pay by card over the phone during our opening hours (Tuesday - Saturday, 10am - 5pm). Call us on 0116 251 4174.
In person: Call in to Leicester Print Workshop during our opening hours (Tuesday - Saturday, 10am - 5pm) to book and pay by card, cash or cheque.
Pre-course information: We will send you details of how to find us and what to bring with you when we process your booking.
Concessions
Full-Print Members of Leicester Print Workshop are entitled to a 10% discount on our inhouse courses. Interested in joining LPW as a member? Click here for more information.