Saturday Workshops
Summer Term 2010
These workshops will offer both members and non-members an opportunity to either brush up on old skills or learn new ones.
For general enquiries about workshops please click here.
To book a course use the appropriate link provided in the course description below. All workshop fees must be paid in advance.
| Subject | Date | Cost | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Further Screen printing - Using Photo Emulsion | May 15th 2010 10:00am – 4:30pm | £60 (all materials included) | Learn how to create screenprinted images using photo emulsion and stencils.Tutor: Mary Stephens Click here to book |
| Less Toxic Etching Workshop | June 26th 2010 10am - 4:30pm | £55 (first plate and all other materials included) | Less Toxic etching with Baldwin’s Ink Ground and Copper Sulphate solution. BIG is made from beeswax and ink and contains none of the arsenic, lead or mercury found in traditional etching grounds, which may be inhaled or absorbed through the skin. It is also more versatile in that one substance may be used as hard or soft ground, for aquatint, sugarlift and various other effects. Claims for the non-toxicity of ferric chloride have been discredited and noxious gases are produced by reaction with the various metals. Copper sulphate solution, however, produces just small amounts of harmless hydrogen, by reaction with steel, zinc and aluminium and can safely be used with quick results outside the fume cupboard. This day course is for those new to etching, experienced etchers and those who want to be able to prepare their plates at home. Besides the opportunity to try out the new materials, you will be provided with the information necessary to make up your own mordants. You will use hard and soft ground methods on zinc plates, with aquatint if time permits. Tutor: Pam Newick Click here to book |
