Acrylic Resist Etching Refresher
Refresher Course
Includes 1 month membership
11am – 3pm
Some experience required
11am – 3pm
£100.00
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NOTE: If you are booking on behalf of one or more persons, please include all attendees names in the Order Notes section at checkout.
Have you been feeling an urge to get back into etching? Our refresher courses are tailored to recharge your knowledge and motivate you to continue to explore the wonderful world of printmaking. Learn how to reproduce your artwork using Acrylic Resist Etching during this one-day refresher course and receive one month’s free studio membership to support your journey.
What will you learn?
Etching is a means of engraving imagery and mark making into various kinds of metal plates with the purpose of printing the plates. In Western Europe, the process of etching began during the fourteenth century as a way of decorating metal (eg: armour or jewellery) and was not initially seen as a means for printing imagery.
The process of etching begins with laying a ‘ground’ or ‘resist’ on the plate, drawing into it and then placing the plate in a bath of corrosive liquid (traditionally nitric acid), which will then incise, or ‘etch’, the drawn image through the resist and on to the metal. Within this discipline, there are a multitude of different techniques, which produce different marks and effects on the surface of the plate.
During this refresher you should expect to refamiliarise yourself with Acrylic Resist Etching by creating a hard ground line drawing onto copper or zinc.
Please note, if you have experience of traditional etching, but have not done Acrylic Resist before, we recommend you book one of our beginner courses.
Topics covered:
- A brief history of etching and its terminology
- Paper types, tools and materials in printmaking
- How to produce your own prints using the methods covered
- How to sign and edition your prints
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HOW TO BOOK:
To book this course, please select the date and pricing option that is most suitable for you and continue your order through to checkout. Payment can be made via Card or PayPal. We will email you to confirm your booking.
If you would like to book a tailored course, please contact us to confirm your selected date(s) before booking.
PRICING OPTIONS:
Regular
Our regular rate is applicable if you are currently in full or part time employment.
Concessionary / Student
Our concessionary rate is applicable if you are aged 60 years or older, aged 13 years or younger, and/or in receipt of any state benefits. If you are aged 13+ years, and in full-time education or currently studying towards an undergraduate or post-graduate degree.
GD Member
Members of the studio receive a 10% discount on all of our courses. Become a member?
HOW TO PREPARE:
All materials and notes are included in the price of this workshop. No previous experience of printmaking is required unless noted in the course details. Young printmakers are encouraged, aged 13+.
For details about what to prepare before for your course begins, please read through our How to Prepare page.
CANCELLATIONS:
Green Door requires 5 working days notice of cancellation of a booked course/workshop. Any advance payment made in excess of the non-refundable deposit (50% of the course price) will be returned unless you are able to make arrangements with Green Door Printmaking Studio to reschedule your course booking.
As a courtesy it is always preferable to notify us of your cancellation even if it falls within the cancellation notice period.
Green Door reserves the right to postpone any course bookings until future notice. We will always keep you informed should any changes to your course booking arise.
