One Week Holiday Course | The Etching Week

About this course

Participants explore several printmaking processes, with a focus on etching alongside collograph and monoprint. Work takes place in an intaglio print room, where learners can investigate different ways of making and developing prints. The course is structured around experimenting with these techniques and using personal ideas or source material to inform the work. It is intended to introduce beginners to etching while exposing them to a broader range of printmaking methods.

What you'll learn

• Apply introductory etching techniques
• Experiment with collograph and monoprint processes
• Use an intaglio print room to develop printmaking work
• Explore personal ideas and source material through print

Is this course right for you?

The course is designed for beginners, including learners with no previous etching experience. The beginner label indicates an introductory level, while the activities involve exploring several printmaking processes and working from personal ideas or source material.

Before you go

• An intaglio print room is provided.
• Wear an apron and old clothes.
• Bring ideas and source material, an eraser, and a nylon sable-type brush in sizes 2 to 6.
• Optional tools include a dry point or etching needle, burnisher, magnifying glass and scraper.
• Plates and paper are available to buy in the print room.
• A further materials list is provided a week before the course begins.