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On 12-14 of July 2025 join us for painterly & drawn approaches to etching with Robert Powell. This 3-day course provides the perfect introduction to the medium of etching focusing on its use as a drawing and painting process. The course will start with a technical grounding, introducing innovative techniques that encourage spontaneous and diverse methods of mark-making. Work directly onto metal plates, developing images through various hand-applied techniques. Using new safer acid resists makes etching a much healthier process, using neither dangerous acids nor solvents. Following that, you will have time to develop plates using both copper and zinc to explore images and ways of creating images exploiting their etcherly qualities. Book over a month in advance to receive 15% off the course price with our Early Bird tickets! This course also entitles you to a FREE 3-month Associate Membership to use the studio and consolidate your skills.
Print Studio
Taking place over a series of six consecutive Wednesday evenings, this Etching Evening Course provides the perfect introduction to etching, exploring innovative techniques that encourage spontaneous and diverse methods of mark-making. The first class of each course will take place on the following dates: 22 January 2025 16 April 2025 2 September 2025 Work directly onto metal plates, developing images through various hand applied techniques. Using new safer acid resists makes etching a much healthier process, using neither dangerous acids nor solvents. Find out more about etching on our YouTube channel here. Book over a month in advance to receive 15% off the course price with our Early Bird tickets! This course also entitles you to a FREE 3-month Associate Membership to use the studio and consolidate your skills.
Print Studio
Etching Weekend Courses provide the perfect introduction to etching, introducing innovative techniques that encourage spontaneous and diverse methods of mark-making. They take place Saturday-Sunday on the following dates: 9&10 November 2024 18&19 January 2025 15&16 March 2025 14&15 June 2025 27&28 September 2025 22&23 November 2025 Work directly onto metal plates, developing images through various hand-applied techniques. Using new, safer acid resists makes etching a much healthier process, using neither dangerous acids nor solvents. During the course participants will work on two etching plates, one copper and one zinc, introducing them to both of the metals and the mordants most commonly used at Edinburgh Printmakers. Participants will produce two images over the course (one on each metal) making use of a combination of techniques in each plate. The size of the plates will be 152 x 203mm (6 X 8 inches) A 15% Early Bird discount is available for bookings made 1 month prior to the start date! This course also entitles you to a FREE 3-month Associate Membership to use the studio and consolidate your skills. Find out more about etching on our YouTube channel here.
Print Studio
This weekend course covers the use of Photec as an acid resist. Taking place Saturday-Sunday on the following dates: 16&17 November 2024 26&27 April 2025 8&9 November 2025 Photec is a photopolymer film that can be adhered to a metal plate, exposed to a positive artwork on acetate, and developed in such a way that it can produce accurate photographic acid resist. This then allows a photographic image to be etched into a copper plate. The real advantage of this is that the photographic image, once bitten into the surface of the plate can be further worked into using other etching techniques. For this reason, previous etching experience is advised. During the course, participants will prepare their artwork digitally to be printed onto acetate and produce and print one photo etching plate on copper, they will also learn how to apply aquatint which can help to strengthen photo etching images. The size of the plates will be 152 x 203mm (6 X 8 inches). Book over a month in advance to receive 15% off the course price with our Early Bird tickets! This course also entitles you to a FREE 3-month Associate Membership to use the studio and consolidate your skills.
Print Studio
On 12-14 of July 2025 join us for painterly & drawn approaches to etching with Robert Powell. This 3-day course provides the perfect introduction to the medium of etching focusing on its use as a drawing and painting process. The course will start with a technical grounding, introducing innovative techniques that encourage spontaneous and diverse methods of mark-making. Work directly onto metal plates, developing images through various hand-applied techniques. Using new safer acid resists makes etching a much healthier process, using neither dangerous acids nor solvents. Following that, you will have time to develop plates using both copper and zinc to explore images and ways of creating images exploiting their etcherly qualities. Book over a month in advance to receive 15% off the course price with our Early Bird tickets! This course also entitles you to a FREE 3-month Associate Membership to use the studio and consolidate your skills.
Print Studio
Taking place over a series of six consecutive Wednesday evenings, this Etching Evening Course provides the perfect introduction to etching, exploring innovative techniques that encourage spontaneous and diverse methods of mark-making. The first class of each course will take place on the following dates: 22 January 2025 16 April 2025 2 September 2025 Work directly onto metal plates, developing images through various hand applied techniques. Using new safer acid resists makes etching a much healthier process, using neither dangerous acids nor solvents. Find out more about etching on our YouTube channel here. Book over a month in advance to receive 15% off the course price with our Early Bird tickets! This course also entitles you to a FREE 3-month Associate Membership to use the studio and consolidate your skills.
Print Studio
Etching Weekend Courses provide the perfect introduction to etching, introducing innovative techniques that encourage spontaneous and diverse methods of mark-making. They take place Saturday-Sunday on the following dates: 9&10 November 2024 18&19 January 2025 15&16 March 2025 14&15 June 2025 27&28 September 2025 22&23 November 2025 Work directly onto metal plates, developing images through various hand-applied techniques. Using new, safer acid resists makes etching a much healthier process, using neither dangerous acids nor solvents. During the course participants will work on two etching plates, one copper and one zinc, introducing them to both of the metals and the mordants most commonly used at Edinburgh Printmakers. Participants will produce two images over the course (one on each metal) making use of a combination of techniques in each plate. The size of the plates will be 152 x 203mm (6 X 8 inches) A 15% Early Bird discount is available for bookings made 1 month prior to the start date! This course also entitles you to a FREE 3-month Associate Membership to use the studio and consolidate your skills. Find out more about etching on our YouTube channel here.
Print Studio
This weekend course covers the use of Photec as an acid resist. Taking place Saturday-Sunday on the following dates: 16&17 November 2024 26&27 April 2025 8&9 November 2025 Photec is a photopolymer film that can be adhered to a metal plate, exposed to a positive artwork on acetate, and developed in such a way that it can produce accurate photographic acid resist. This then allows a photographic image to be etched into a copper plate. The real advantage of this is that the photographic image, once bitten into the surface of the plate can be further worked into using other etching techniques. For this reason, previous etching experience is advised. During the course, participants will prepare their artwork digitally to be printed onto acetate and produce and print one photo etching plate on copper, they will also learn how to apply aquatint which can help to strengthen photo etching images. The size of the plates will be 152 x 203mm (6 X 8 inches). Book over a month in advance to receive 15% off the course price with our Early Bird tickets! This course also entitles you to a FREE 3-month Associate Membership to use the studio and consolidate your skills.
Print Studio