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Sustainable Printmaking. Photoetching with BIG Ground

Friday 27 October 2023
10am – 5pm

An intensive 6-hour workshop with Alessia De Bortoli

BIG (Baldwin’s Intaglio Ground) ground is a sustainable substitute for traditional etching or soft-ground inks. In addition to acting as a substitute, however, the Big ground opens up printmaking to new technical possibilities. One of the most interesting is Photoetching, passing through a transfer process.

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Sustainable Printmaking

Series of 5 workshops on intaglio engraving techniques with sustainable approach and materials, concluded by a day entirely dedicated to printing methods.  An overview  of the most recent and innovative research on less-toxicengraving and printing processes. Suitable for printmakers who want to move their practice to a more sustainable approach, and also for those who want to learn intaglio engraving with particular attention to personal health and the environment.

4→ Photoetching with BIG Ground

In this workshop we will use photocopies from which we will transfer the images on metal plates, without using the ultraviolet light characteristic of photoengraving or additional products other than the simple BIG. The plates will then be engraved with copper sulphate, further processed with other techniques and printed as many times as we wish. The possibilities of this method are  vast and range from the aesthetics of a pen drawing, to the reproduction of quick brush strokes, to the photographic image.