An opportunity to try a metal plate etching printmaking technique at the CoExist Arts workshop at TAP.
This is a one day course taking place on Saturday 14 August.
All you need to bring is your ideas and sketches to work from – printmaking materials will be supplied.
SESSION TIMES: 10am – 12.30pm and 1.30pm – 4pm
COST: £20 on the door for the whole day or £10 for an afternoon session only
(includes tea/coffee but bring a packed lunch)
ABOUT THE TECHNIQUE:
Metal plate etching is an old art of engraving with acid on metal. A needle is used to expose the metal without penetrating it, drawing the image on the metal. When the design is completed, the plate is submerged in an acid solution that attacks the exposed lines. Etching seems to have originated in Germany, where Albrecht Dürer’s etchings on iron, made between 1510 and 1520, were the earliest important examples of an art that would be practiced in the following centuries by many of the greatest draftsmen and painters, including Dürer, Jacques Callot, Rembrandt, and more recently Lloyd Ostby.
Advance booking is preferred so enough materials is available – email events (AT) coexist.org.uk to book your place.
Please make all cheques payable to CoExist Arts.
More information about CoExist Arts and TAP – see the WEBSITE.
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