PHOTOPOLYMER PHOTOGRAVURE

with Silvi Glattauer

10am - 4pm | Saturday 30 November + Sunday 1 December 2024

Explore and learn the use of photopolymer printing plates in combination with digital photography to create Photogravure etchings. This is a completely non-toxic approach without the use of solvents, or acids.

This workshop will teach you the ‘Direct to Plate’ system. We transfer the image directly on to the plate with the use of an inkjet printer. Plates are then exposed using UV light, processed with water and printed via an etching press. We do not use films for making plates, which simplifies the process immensely. Giving you more time to make prints!

We will look at printmaking techniques, including inks and paper options, setting the etching press and printing with different coloured inks. This workshop is ideal for photographers, printmakers and artists. Please bring a laptop with Photoshop installed if possible.

About the tutor
Silvi Glattauer is a practicing photomedia artist from Melbourne, Australia. A founding member of The Baldessin Press and Studio, Silvi is recognised as an authority in the contemporary Photopolymer Photogravure process as well as working with techniques that cross barriers between digital and the hand made.

The central themes in Silvis’ art works are underpinned by a love of nature and a deep concern for the environment, narrated through her personal references. Silvis’ approach is to collect, to archive, to classify and to record. There are always connecting threads about materiality, about object, and about preciousness when her subject matters translate into finely crafted prints. Find out more about her work here: https://www.silvi.com.au/

COST
- Non-members $660 (includes 12-month membership)
- Non-members Concession $640 (includes 12-month membership)
- Current members $600

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