Hardground Etching
6-hour immersive Workshop
for Studio Arts students
€1.000,00
Sustainable Printmaking
- Students admitted: max 12+ 2 accompanying professors
- Materials are provided by the Scuola
We revisit the famous and traditional hardground etching technique with innovative and sustainable materials. Hardground etching is an indirect etching method that creates prints through metal plates, varnish, and the acid that etches the surface of the metal.
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The sustainable approach, based on continuous research on more eco-friendly and less toxic materials, enables us to complete hardground etching and prints without using solvents, acids, and other products that harm the environment.
Our instructors will guide students to process the zinc plates, from the polishing and bevelling to the application of the BIG paint, and finally, the completion of the hardground etch and print. Students will complete the etching with a blue stone, utilise a mordant classified as less toxic, and complete a small print on Fabriano printing paper with washable soy-based inks.
