Silk Aquatint
February 13 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
$224.00A 3-Week In-Studio Workshop!
Thursdays, February 13 and 20, 7-9pm, and February 27, 6-9pm
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About this Workshop:
Silk Aquatint is an alternative to a traditional rosin and acid aquatint process that creates a beautiful tonal intaglio plate through painting on a plate adhered with polyester silkscreen. In this workshop, students will learn the start-to-finish processes of mixing painting mediums, coating and painting upon a silk aquatint plate, and printing their image on paper. In the first session of this 3-part workshop, students will coat and adhere silkscreen to their plates and develop tonal drawings of their image. In session two, students will experiment with various types of mark-making with a brush and build up the light areas of their image on the silk aquatint plate through a series of washes. In the final, extended, session, students will print their images and have the opportunity to play with color, wiping techniques, and layering.
Level: Beginner—no previous experience necessary!
Registration closes February 4, 2025. Material fees are included with your registration to cover the supplies provided in class. Students will need to gather/purchase additional materials for class (see the materials list below). This list will also be provided with the registration confirmation email.
Sample images by Etai Rogers-Fett
CLASS MATERIALS LIST:
Registration includes a $38 materials fee to cover consumable materials provided in class, including plates, silkscreen fabric, paint, inks, and newsprint. Students will need to supply additional materials of their own, including:
- 1 pad of Strathmore Heavyweight Printmaking Paper – 11”x14” (15 sheets)
- Personal sketchbook and/or notebook to work out designs and take notes
- 2B or 4B Pencil
- (optional) Personal apron (we’ll have extras) or wear clothes that can get inky
YOUR INSTRUCTOR:
Etai Rogers-Fett is a printmaker, judaica artist, and arts educator living on Piscataway land in Maryland. Etai spends most of his time at the intersection of two very alive cultures that are often wrongfully assumed to be “dead” – print and Yiddish. He works as an artistic associate at Pyramid Atlantic Art Center in Hyattsville and teaches printmaking at several other local art centers, including Washington Printmakers Gallery. Working primarily in etching and woodcut printmaking methods, Etai weaves together archival research, storytelling and oral histories, decorative traditions from Jewish book arts, and speculative imagining. See more of Etai’s work on Instagram at @tsukunst.
“Etai was an amazing instructor both in terms of providing basic information about the art form and providing excellent feedback and advice about each individual’s work.”
—Participant, Introduction to Etching
“What I valued most about the class: Etai. He ranks among the best instructors I’ve ever met: welcoming, always calm, patient, explains well, gives good examples, has good samples to show, encouraging and appreciative of our efforts.”
—Participant, Make+Take: Miniature Drypoints