2 Day Etching Workshop at Ironbridge Studios – Which metal?
Information:This 2 day etching workshop at Ironbridgestudios is an excellent workshop to come on, during this workshop you will learn all about etching. You will be taught about metal, line, tone, aquatint, toxic and no-toxic etchants. As well as etching printing processes, including traditional and contemporary methods. You will be working with a full time specialist printmaker, in a beautifully designed studio, next to the river seven, where the industrial revolution began.
What we provide:We provide all the materials and the printing press.
What you need to provide:Lunch and any snacks, if the workshop is at our Ironbridge studios then we will provide teas and coffees.
Times:10am till 4pm
Price: £280 per day for a 1 2 1 tailor made workshop
Equipment and Etching Printing In the studio there are usually around 4 Gunning Etching Presses,a largeGunning Hotplate, extractor fan units, one of our largeaquatint boxesand a dark room with a UV Light box. We have a brilliant wash down sink and glass work surfaces so you can ink up anywhere. We have a plasma cutter and metal polishers as well as brilliant printers and Mac computers with the use of photoshop and other software.
The studio space has been designed to house 4 printmakers giving them more than enough space to make and print plates the size of 20” x 30”. The hot plate,acid and water baths have been made to take plates of this size and the largest printing press in the studio is ourNo 4 Etching printing presswith a bed size of 35” x 60” making it easy to print any size.