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Photopolymer Etching Weekend with Bev Hayes

Over two days, you'll learn how to create your own photopolymer prints using pre-prepared solar plates and film positives.

Beginning with a short introduction to exposing test plates using a UV light unit, covers how to accurately measure exposure times. Working together to expose, develop, and cure your own A5 plates. Day two is focused on inking and printing using a traditional etching press. Experiment with proofing blacks and a selection of water soluble coloured inks.

This course is ideal for intermediate learners with some experience in printmaking and basic digital editing skills. All materials and equipment provided, including 2 x pre-cut film positives and two A5 plates. Pre-course communication with tutor Bev Hayes to help you prepare your digital images for film positives. By the end of the course, you'll have explored every step of this alternative printmaking process and produced a small edition of prints from your two small plates.

Guest Tutor Bev Hayes is a UK-born artist and printmaker based in Sweden, working from a print studio in Gothenburg. She has over five years of experience with photopolymer gravure and regularly teaches short courses. Bev also exhibits her work at art fairs and galleries both locally and internationally.
event dateSaturday 15 November and Sunday 16 November
venue addressThe Bluecoat, School Lane, Liverpool, Merseyside L1 3BX
event timesSat 15 & Sun 16 Nov, 11am-5pm
£125 (for two sessions, all materials included)
telephone 01517025324 for latest times or cancellations.
Organised by The Bluecoat
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