Susie Turner - Masterclass: Introduction to Solar Plate

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Book an Assisted Open Access Day at same time as Susie Turner Masterclass and Save £10! Description Solar plate printmaking uses a metal plate coated in a light-sensitive polymer to create either a relief printing plate or an intaglio printing plate. On this two-day course you will learn how to use a UV exposure unit and natural sunlight to create both types of plate, and how to develop them in water. Using hand-drawn and photographic artwork as well as found objects and natural materials, you will be able to explore the delicate sensitivity and potential of this non-toxic technique to capture intricate details. You will be able to experiment with blind embossing, masking, and combining plates. By the end of the course, you will have created a variety of prints to take home. Course structure • Explanation of the technique with examples • Learn how to prepare artwork from your drawings, photographs and found materials • Expose, develop and post-harden your plate • Make both an intaglio and a relief solarplate • Preparation of paper • Learn inking techniques and print single-colour and multi-coloured prints • Incorporate techniques such as monoprinting and Chine collé to create exciting intricate images • Print your plates using etching presses Pre-course information Image preparation notes will be sent prior to the course date if you wish to prepare some images on transparencies but this is optional as time will also be allocated during the workshop to create hand-drawn...