Explore Photo Etching
Weekend Course
Sat 15th & Sun 16th March 2025
11am – 3pm
4 places left!
Some experience required
11am – 3pm
£144.00 – £160.00
BOOK YOUR PLACE:
NOTE: If you are booking on behalf of one or more persons, please include all attendees names in the Order Notes section at checkout.
Explore photographic etching with photopolymer and solar plates during this in-depth two day course.
What will you learn?
Photographic etching utilises a light-sensitive polymer surface on a metal-backed plate used to produce fine photographic reproductions with great detail. Learn how to prepare your artwork, expose and print from your plates in this two-day course.
Photographic Etching is a process in which a positive image is transferred on to a prepared, metal plate and etched into the superstructure, thereby creating a negative composition on the plate, which can then be inked, wiped and printed in the traditional way. After the desired number of prints have been made, the metal plate can then be re-used to create new prints, if needed.
During this weekend course, experiment with both manually produced imagery as well as digital photography. Students will be shown how to create and print both Toyobo solar plates as well as plates created using Photopolymer (Photec) film.
Topics covered:
- A brief history of photographic etching and its terminology
- Paper types, tools and materials in intaglio printing
- How to produce your own prints using the methods covered
- How to sign and edition your prints
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.
