Learn a variety of copper etching techniques using photo transfer in this fun intaglio workshop. Using a copper plate you will learn photo transfer techniques along with tonal aquatint, and line etching. Work from your own photographs, drawings, collages, and or found images and transfer onto a copper plate. Learn how to use a press, proper ink application, registration. Projects, collaboration, and experimentation will be encouraged along with developing innovative and unconventional tools for your mark making. You will get demonstrations and hands-on practice in: copper plate preparation, ground application, inking, and printing on a press. This workshop is suited for beginners, and also offers intermediate students an opportunity for a deeper exploration of the medium. Historical and contemporary artists will be introduced throughout the term.

What You Will Learn in This Course:
1. An extensive knowledge of the history and contemporary practice of etching
2. Various techniques including using photo transfer, tonal aquatint, and line etching, scraping and burnishing.
3. How to use a press, proper ink application, wiping the plate, and printing.
5. Making editions, multiples, simple registration techniques, and further working knowledge about printmaking
6. Emphasizing collaboration and the advantages of working with others in a printshop