Exploring Lines Through Etching

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if you are interested please email at theprintroomstudio.com.

Price: £180.00 

Tutor: Preeti Sood

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Intaglio is a family of printmaking techniques in which the image is incised into a surface, known as the matrix or plate. Normally, copper or zinc plates are used as a surface, and soft or hard ground is applied to the plate and with an etching needle marks are made on the plate, then placed in a acid bath. The acid bites the plate where the lines have been engraved leaving the incisions on the plate ready to be inked and passed through the press. 

To print an intaglio plate, ink is applied to the surface and then rubbed with tarlatan (scrim) cloth to remove most of the excess. The final smooth wipe is often done with newspaper , leaving ink only in the incisions. A damp piece of paper is placed on top and the plate and paper are run through a printing press that, through pressure, transfers the ink from the recesses of the plate to the paper. 

Learn how to:

Prepare a zinc plate with ground 
Mark make on a plate 
Confidently use an etching plate 
Register

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What to bring 

A1 or A2 smooth Cartridge paper (150 – 300gsm) 
Basic drawing materials 
Pencil 
Eraser 
Sharpener 

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Lunch 12:30 – 13:30 

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Bring your own packed lunch or visit Happyccino, the onsite café