Instructor: Liz Chalfin
Monday - Friday
August 11 - 15
9am - 12pm
5 sessions
Open studio: Mon - Thurs, 1pm - 4pm

This workshop is a deep dive into etching on copper plates.  Using a variety of contemporary materials and processes, participants will learn a wide range of mark making techniques that bring line, brush marks, tone and texture into your intaglio prints.  BIG (Baldwin’s Intaglio Ground), coffee, sandpaper, floor polish, and wax are just a few of the materials you’ll explore to bring your etchings to life.  We’ll begin by looking at a curated selection of etchings to inspire and excite and then get right down to plate preparation and mark making.  Your image will evolve over the course of the workshop as you learn to add texture through soft ground techniques and tone with non-traditional aquatint methods. This workshop is suitable for those new to etching as well as artists who are familiar with the process but want to explore safer, less toxic and more sustainable approaches to the medium.

Liz Chalfin is the founding director of Zea Mays Printmaking, a studio dedicated to safer and non-toxic approaches to printmaking and a leader in the field of contemporary printmaking.  She teaches workshop at Zea Mays and on the road at colleges and art centers around the world including Cuba, Japan, Italy and South Africa.  Liz lectures on safe printmaking practices at international conferences and consults with artists and studio art faculty on the use of safer printmaking materials and converting traditional print shops into more eco-friendly and healthier working spaces.A practicing printmaker for over 40 years, her own work takes the form of intaglio prints and artist’s books and is in numerous public and private collections.  She is represented by Mitchell Giddings Fine Arts, Brattleboro, VT and the Zea Mays Printmaking Flat File Project.  Liz is a member of the Society of Graphic Artists, Boston Printmakers, California Society of Printmakers and Southern Graphics Council International. www.lizchalfin.com

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